227.Section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986 (inserted by section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988) prohibits local authorities from intentionally promoting homosexuality, from publishing material with that intention, or from promoting the teaching in maintained schools of the acceptability of homosexuality as a “pretended family relationship”.
	Maintained schools are defined by paragraph 13 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (previously defined by paragraph 63 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996).
Introduction Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying