The Education (Abolition of Corporal Punishment) (Independent Schools) (Prescribed Categories of Persons) Regulations 1989
These Regulations prescribe categories of persons to whom corporal punishment may not be lawfully administered at an independent school in England and Wales, namely –any persons whose fees at that school are paid by a local authority exercising their social services functions;any person whose fees at that school are paid by an education authority in Scotland;any person whose fees at that school are paid by an Education and Library Board in Northern Ireland.