PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS

CHAPTER 2INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Additional learning provision for detained persons

I139Meaning of “detained person” and other key terms

1

For the purposes of this Act—

  • “beginning of the detention” (“dechrau'r cyfnod o gadw person yn gaeth”) has the meaning given by section 562J of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);

  • “detained person” (“person sy'n cael ei gadw'n gaeth”) means a child or young person who is—

    1. a

      subject to a detention order (within the meaning given by section 562(1A)(a), (2) and (3) of the Education Act 1996), and

    2. b

      detained in relevant youth accommodation in Wales or England,

    and in provisions applying on a person's release includes a person who, immediately before release, was a detained person;

  • “home authority” (“awdurdod cartref”) has the meaning given by section 562J of the Education Act 1996, subject to regulations under subsection (2);

  • “relevant youth accommodation” (“llety ieuenctid perthnasol”) has the meaning given by section 562(1A)(b) of the Education Act 1996.

2

Regulations may provide for—

a

paragraph (a) of the definition of “home authority” in section 562J(1) of the Education Act 1996 (the home authority of a looked after child) to apply with modifications for the purposes of this Part;

b

provision in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 562J(4) of the Education Act 1996 to apply with or without modifications for the purposes of this Part.