57 [Local authorities] in England: provision of transport etc for adult learners
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (2009 c 22) | Legislation

57  [Local authorities] in England: provision of transport etc for adult learners

(1)     The Education Act 1996 (c 56) is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 508E ([local authorities] in England: school travel schemes) insert—

“508F [local authorities] in England: provision of transport etc for adult learners

(1)     A [local authority] in England must make such arrangements for the provision of transport and otherwise as they consider necessary, or as the Secretary of State may direct, for the purposes mentioned in subsections (2) and (3).

(2)     The first purpose is to facilitate the attendance of adults receiving education at institutions—

(a)     maintained or assisted by the authority and providing further or higher education (or both), or

(b)     within the further education sector.

(3)     The second purpose is to facilitate the attendance of relevant young adults receiving education or training at institutions outside both the further and higher education sectors, but only in cases where the [local authority] have secured for the adults in question—

(a)     the provision of education or training at the institution in question, and

(b)     the provision of boarding accommodation under section 514A.

(4)     Any transport provided under subsection (1) must be provided free of charge.

(5)

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