[548 No right to give corporal punishment]
Education Act 1996 (1996 c 56) | Legislation

Chapter II
[Punishment and Restraint of Pupils]

[Corporal Punishment]

[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 [relevant educational institution], or

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

(c)     for whom specified nursery education [specified early years education] is provided otherwise than at school [a relevant educational institution],

cannot be justified in any proceedings on the ground that it was given in pursuance of a right exercisable by the member of staff by virtue of his position as such.

(2)     Subsection (1) applies to corporal punishment so given to a child at any time, whether at the school [relevant educational institution] or other place at

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