Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Needs) Act 2022

Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1998

4. Section 9 of the Act of 1998 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(ba) cooperate with the National Council for Special Education in the performance by the Council of its functions under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 relating to the provision of education to children with special educational needs, including, in particular, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any direction served by the Minister on the patron or the board as the case may be, under section 37A,by the provision and operation of a special class or classes when requested to do so by the Council, and any direction served by the Council under section 67(4B),”,

and

(b) in paragraph (m), by the insertion of “, including for students with a disability or other special educational needs” after “the school”.