Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

10 (1) Section 391 (functions of advisory councils) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) The purposes referred to in section 390(1A) are—

(a) to advise the local authority on such matters connected with—

(i) religious worship in community schools or in foundation schools which (within the meaning of Part 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) do not have a religious character, and

(ii) the provision of teaching and learning, under the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021, either in respect of the mandatory element of Religion, Values and Ethics (within the meaning of that Act), or under section 61 of that Act (post-compulsory education in maintained schools: Religion, Values and Ethics),

as the authority may refer to the council or as the council may see fit, and

(b) to carry out the functions conferred on them by section 394.”

(3) In subsection (2), for “subsection (1)(a)” substitute “subsections (1)(a) and (1A)(a)”.

(4) After subsection (10) insert—

“(11) In exercising its functions under this Act, a council constituted by a local authority in Wales must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers.”