2012 No. 321 (W.52)
The Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Pilot) Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 17(1) and (2) of the Education (Wales) Measure 20091 make the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and expiry1
1
The title of these Regulations is the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Pilot) Regulations 2012 and they come into force on 6 March 2012.
2
These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of 30 June 2015.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 19962;
“the 2010 Act” (“Deddf 2010”) means the Equality Act 20103;
“pilot period” (“cyfnod treialu”) means the period beginning on 6 March 2012 and ending at the end of 30 June 2015; and
“Tribunal” (“Tribiwnlys”) means the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales.
Specified local authorities and areas3
For the purpose of section 17(2) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009, Carmarthenshire County Council and Wrexham County Borough Council are specified local authorities and their areas are specified areas.
Right of a Child to make an appeal or claim to the Tribunal4
During the pilot period—
a
a child may make an appeal to the Tribunal in accordance with section 322ZA of the 1996 Act only if a specified local authority is responsible for the child;
b
a person may make a claim to the Tribunal in accordance with paragraph 3A of Schedule 17 to the 2010 Act that a responsible body for a school has contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the 2010 Act only if the school is in a specified area;
c
the duties imposed on local authorities by sections 332ZB, 332AA, 332BA and 332BB of the 1996 Act apply only to the specified local authorities; and
d
the duties imposed on local authorities by paragraphs 6B, 6C and 6D of Schedule 17 to the 2010 Act apply only to the specified local authorities.
Information5
The Tribunal, a specified local authority and a responsible body for a school in a specified area, must as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a request give such information to the Welsh Ministers as they may require for the purpose of assessing, monitoring and evaluating the operation of the piloted provisions.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)