[507B [Local authorities] in England: functions in respect of leisure-time activities etc for persons aged 13 to 19 and certain persons aged 20 to 24]
Education Act 1996 (1996 c 56) | Legislation

[507B  [Local authorities] in England: functions in respect of leisure-time activities etc for persons aged 13 to 19 and certain persons aged 20 to 24]

[(1)     A [local authority] in England must, so far as reasonably practicable, secure for qualifying young persons in the authority's area access to—

(a)     sufficient educational leisure-time activities which are for the improvement of their well-being, and sufficient facilities for such activities; and

(b)     sufficient recreational leisure-time activities which are for the improvement of their well-being, and sufficient facilities for such activities.

(2)     “Qualifying young persons”, for the purposes of this section, are—

(a)     persons who have attained the age of 13 but not the age of 20; and

(b)     persons who have attained the age of 20 but not the age of 25 and have a learning difficulty [or disability] (within the meaning of [section 15ZA(6)(a) and (7)]).

(3)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)—

(a)     “sufficient educational leisure-time activities” which are for the improvement of the well-being of qualifying young persons in the authority's area must include

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