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106C: Page 50, line 25, at end insert the following new Clause— “Guidance on use of mobile phones etc in schools in England In Part 10 of the Education Act 1996, after Chapter 2 insert— “CHAPTER 2A GUIDANCE ON MOBILE PHONES ETC: SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND 550C Guidance on use of mobile phones etc in schools in England (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require the appropriate person for a school in England to have regard to guidance described in subsection (2) in exercising functions relating to the conduct of the school. (2) The guidance referred to in subsection (1) is guidance issued from time to time by the Secretary of State about registered pupils at schools having mobile phones and other personal interactive communication devices with them, and using them— (a) during school hours, and (b) on school premises. (3) Subsections (4) to (6) apply for the purposes of this section. (4) The “appropriate person” is— (a) for the following kinds of school, the head teacher— (i) a community, foundation or voluntary school; (ii) a community or foundation special school; (iii) a maintained nursery school; (iv) a pupil referral unit; (v) a school approved by the Secretary of State under section 342 (approval of non-maintained special schools); (b) for any other kind of school, the proprietor. (5) “School hours”, in relation to a school, means any time between the start of the first school session on a school day and the end of the last school session on the same day.