The Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

Amendment to the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (Wales) Regulations 2007

8.  The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (Wales) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 3, delete the definition of “relevant qualification”;

(b) in regulation 5(2) for subparagraph (f) substitute—

“(ea) Qualifications Wales;

(f) any body recognised by Qualifications Wales under Part 3 of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 as a body awarding qualifications in Wales;”;

(c) in regulation 5(5) in subparagraph (e) delete “and”; and

(d) in regulation 5(5) at the end insert —

“; and

(g) any course of study leading to a qualification (other than one of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (b) or (e) above) provided to pupils of compulsory school age in any school maintained by a local authority if —

(i) the form of qualification to which the course leads is approved under Part 4 of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 or designated under Part 5 of that Act, or

(ii) the course is designated by the Welsh Ministers under section 34(8) of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015.”

(1)

S.I. 2007/3562 (W. 312). The definition of “relevant qualification” in regulation 3 and sub-paragraphs (e) - (h) of regulation 5(2) were inserted by S.I. 2011/2325, regulation 2(1), (2)(c) and (3)(a). There are other amendments which are not relevant to this instrument.