The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010

Education (Special Educational Needs) (Wales) Regulations 2002

8.—(1) The Education (Special Educational Needs) (Wales) Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) for the definition of “authority” substitute—

““authority” means a local authority;”;

(ii) omit the definition of “social services authority”; and

(iii) insert the following definition at the appropriate place in alphabetical order—

““social worker” means a person employed or engaged by the authority as a social worker;”; and

(b) in paragraph (3) omit the words “or the social services authority” and “or social services authority”.

(3) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (2) omit sub-paragraph (a); and

(b) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5) for “paragraph (2)(a) to (d)” substitute “paragraph (2)(b) to (d)”.

(4) In regulation 7(1) for sub-paragraph (e) substitute—

“(e) advice from a social worker,”.

(5) In regulation 12—

(a) in paragraph (7)(e) omit the words “or a social services authority”, “or (e) respectively” and “or the social services authority”;

(b) after paragraph (7)(h) insert—

“(i) the authority have not produced or maintained any social services information or records relevant to the assessment of the child before the date on which they served or gave the notice referred to in regulation 6(1), 6(4) or 6(5) (as appropriate).

(7A) In paragraph (7)(i) “social services information or records” means information or records produced or maintained by the authority in connection with the exercise of their social services functions (within the meaning of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970(2)).”;

(c) in paragraph (8) substitute “and (10)” for “, (10) and (11)” and omit “or a social services authority”, “or (e) respectively” and “or social services authority”;

(d) in paragraph (9)—

(i) omit “or a social services authority”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “or the social services authority respectively”;

(e) omit paragraph (11).

(6) In regulation 18(6)—

(a) omit “and on the social services authority”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “or social services authority”.

(7) In regulation 21(6)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) two representatives of the authority of which one is to be a person employed or engaged by the authority in connection with their education functions and one is to be a social worker,”; and

(b) omit sub-paragraph (g).

(8) In regulation 22—

(a) in paragraph (3)(b) for “a representative of the social services authority” substitute “a social worker”; and

(b) in paragraph (5) after “the authority” insert “who is a person employed or engaged by the authority in connection with its education functions”.

(9) In regulation 23(7) and (8) for “local education authority” substitute “local authority”.

(10) In regulation 24(1)(g) for “social services authority” substitute “local authority”.

(11) In Part A and Part B of Schedule 1 for “maintained (LEA) school, including an LEA maintained special school” substitute “maintained (local authority) school including a local authority maintained special school”.

(12) In Schedule 2—

(a) in Part 1, in paragraph 2 for “Advice for Social Services Authority” substitute “Social Work Advice”;

(b) in Part 6 in the heading Appendix E for “the Social Services Authority” substitute “the Social Worker”.

(1)

S.I. 2002/152 (W.20) as amended by S.I. 2002/3135, 2003/1717 (W.184).

(2)

1970 c. 42.