Commentary on Sections Special educational provision: functions of local authorities Section 62: Special educational provision outside England and Wales
288.This section enables local authorities to arrange special education provision for a child or young person with an EHC plan outside England and Wales in an institution that specialises in providing for special educational needs, and gives them power to pay for, or contribute to, the costs of the child or young person attending such an institution.
289.This section replaces, in England, section 320 of the Education Act 1996.