131 Abolition of corporal punishment in schools etc
School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (1998 c 31) | Legislation

Abolition of corporal punishment

131  Abolition of corporal punishment in schools etc

(1)     For section 548 of the Education Act 1996 there shall be substituted—

“548 No right to give corporal punishment

(1)     Corporal punishment given by, or on the authority of, a member of staff to a child—

(a)     for whom education is provided at any school, or

(b)     for whom education is provided, otherwise than at school, under any arrangements made by a [local authority], or

(c)     for whom specified nursery education is provided otherwise than at school,

cannot be justified in any proceedings on the ground that it was given in pursuance of a right exercisable

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