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Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Education Act 1996 in relation to the provision and publication of information about children who have special educational needs; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2008 c 11
Introduced by	Sharon Hodgson
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 2008
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008 (c 11) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill had cross-party support. It was supported by charities across the education sector.

Section 1 - Information about children with special educational needs

This section inserted sections 332C to E, and preceding cross-heading, into the Education Act 1996. It came into force on 1 January.

Section 2 - Short title, commencement and extent

This section came into force on 21 July 2008.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 2(1) of this Act.
2. Hansard
3. The Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008, section 2(4)
4. Research paper, page 3
5. The Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008, section 2(3); the Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2664 (C. 115)), article 2
6. The Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008, section 2(2)

External links

• The Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008, as originally enacted from the National Archives.

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