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Education Act 1996

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As published

509AC Interpretation of sections 509AA and 509AB

(1) For the purposes of sections 509AA and 509AB a person receiving education or training at an establishment is of sixth form age if he is over compulsory school age but— (a) is under the age of 19, or (b) has begun a particular course of education or training at the establishment before attaining the age of 19 and continues to attend that course. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) References in section 509AB to persons with learning difficulties or disabilities are to be construed in accordance with section 15ZA(6) and (7). (5) In sections 509AA and 509AB and this section— “academic year” means any period commencing with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July; “disabled person” has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010; “establishment” means an establishment of any kind, including a school or institution; “governing body”, in relation to an institution within the further education sector, has the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. (6) The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “academic year” in subsection (5) ... . (...) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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509AC Interpretation of sections 509AA and 509AB

(1) For the purposes of sections 509AA and 509AB a person receiving education or training at an establishment is of sixth form age if he is over compulsory school age but— (a) is under the age of 19, or (b) has begun a particular course of education or training at the establishment before attaining the age of 19 and continues to attend that course. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) References in section 509AB to persons with learning difficulties or disabilities are to be construed in accordance with section 15ZA(6) and (7). (5) In sections 509AA and 509AB and this section— “academic year” means any period commencing with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July; “disabled person” has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010; “establishment” means an establishment of any kind, including a school or institution; “governing body”, in relation to an institution within the further education sector, has the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. (6) The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “academic year” in subsection (5) ... . (...) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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