Commentary on Sections Part 7 General Section 78 - Written information, notices and directions
178.The following provisions in the Act require information to be given to certain persons in writing, or require written notices to be given to certain persons, or authorise directions to be given to certain persons (or enable such provision to be made in regulations):
	Section 32 (power to disapply duty to implement pupil choice: supplementary)
	Section 33 (reviews and appeals relating to pupil choice)
	Section 38 (exceptions for development work and experiments), see also the requirement in section 40(2))
	Section 44 (provision of information about temporary exceptions)
	Section 45 (appeals about temporary exceptions for individual pupils)
	Section 46 (appeals about temporary exceptions for individual children)
	Section 56 (duty to make assessment arrangements)
	Section 57 (promoting and maintaining understanding of progression)
179.Section 78 specifies the way in which that information, and those notices or directions, may be given to those persons. It makes provision for electronic transmission and for the way in which the information (or notice or direction) may be transmitted to a body corporate or partnership.