PART 3SCHOOL ORGANISATION

CHAPTER 6MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

82Transitional exemption orders for purposes of Equality Act 2010

1

This section applies to proposals for a school to cease to be a single-sex school.

2

The making of such proposals under section 59, 68 or 71 is to be treated as an application by the responsible body to the Welsh Ministers for a transitional exemption order under the 2010 Act, and the Welsh Ministers may make such an order accordingly.

3

In this section—

  • “the 2010 Act” (“Deddf 2010”) means the Equality Act 2010;

  • “make” (“gwneud”), in relation to a transitional exemption order, includes vary or revoke;

  • “the responsible body” (“y corff sy’n gyfrifol”) has the same meaning as in section 85 of the 2010 Act;

  • “single-sex school” (“ysgol un rhyw”) has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the 2010 Act;

  • “transitional exemption order” (“gorchymyn esemptio trosiannol”) has the same meaning as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the 2010 Act.