PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS
CHAPTER 1KEY TERMS, CODE AND PARTICIPATION
Code of practice
I15Procedure for making the code
1
Before issuing or revising a code under section 4, the Welsh Ministers must consult the following persons on a draft of the code—
a
each local authority;
b
the governing body of each maintained school in Wales;
c
the governing body of each institution in the further education sector in Wales;
d
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;
e
the Children's Commissioner for Wales;
f
the Welsh Language Commissioner;
g
the relevant committee of the National Assembly for Wales with remit for the education of children and young persons;
h
any other person the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
2
If the Welsh Ministers wish to proceed with the draft (with or without modifications) they must lay a copy of the draft before the National Assembly for Wales.
3
The Welsh Ministers must not issue a code unless a draft of it is approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
4
If the National Assembly for Wales resolves to approve a draft of the code—
a
the Welsh Ministers must issue the code in the form of the draft, and
b
the code comes into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument.
5
An order under subsection (4)(b) may—
a
appoint different days for different purposes;
b
make transitory, transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of a provision in the code.
6
References in this section to a code include a revised code.
7
The requirement to consult imposed by subsection (1) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before the coming into force of this Part.