§ (5) Notwithstanding anything in the Education Acts the Board of Education may, on the application of the local education authority, authorise the instruction of children in public elementary schools till the end of the school term in which they reach the age of sixteen or (in special circumstances) such later age as appears to the Board desirable:
1299§ Provided that, in considering such application, the Board shall have regard to the adequacy and suitability of the arrangements made by the authority under Section two of this Act and to the effective development and organisation of all forms of education in the area.
§ Lords Amendments:
§ In Sub-section (5), after the word "under" ["by the authority under"], insert the words "paragraphs (a) and (c) of Sub-section (1) of."—Agreed to.
§ At end of Sub-section, insert the words "and to any representations made by the managers of schools."—Agreed to.