Alternative provision:
Main legislation covering the duties and powers

• Section 19 of the Education Act 1996, as amended by section 3A of the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010;
• Section 29A of the Education Act 2002;
• Sections 6A and 100 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;
• Sections 1C and 4 of the Academies Act 2010 (as amended);
• The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007¹;
• The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc.) (England) Regulations 2007;
• The Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) Regulations 2010²;
• The Education (Short Stay Schools) (Closure) (England) Regulations 2010The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012; and
• The Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2012.

¹ As amended by the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, which came into force on 31 May 2012 and which apply the Academies Act 2010, with modifications, to pupil referral units.

² As amended by the The Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, which came into force on 1 January 2013.