77 [Local authorities] in England: provision of travel arrangements etc for children
Education and Inspections Act 2006 (2006 c 40) | Legislation

77  [Local authorities] in England: provision of travel arrangements etc for children

(1)     After section 508A of EA 1996 (inserted by section 76 above) insert—

“508B [Local authorities] in England: travel arrangements for eligible children

(1)     A [local authority] in England must make, in the case of an eligible child in the authority's area to whom subsection (2) applies, such travel arrangements as they consider necessary in order to secure that suitable home to school travel arrangements, for the purpose of facilitating the child's attendance at the relevant educational establishment in relation to him, are made and provided free of charge in relation to the child.

(2)     This subsection applies to an eligible child if—

(a)     no travel arrangements relating to travel in either direction between his home and the relevant educational establishment in relation to him, or in both directions, are provided free of charge in relation to him by any person who is not the authority, or

(b)     such travel arrangements are provided free of charge in relation to him by any person who is not the authority but those arrangements, taken together with any other such travel arrangements which are so provided, do not provide suitable home to school

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