School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw1)

SCHEDULE 3 E+W IMPLEMENTATION OF STATUTORY PROPOSALS

PART 3 E+W TRANSITIONAL EXEMPTION ORDERS FOR PURPOSES OF THE EQUALITY ACT 2010

Single-sex schools E+W

12 (1) This paragraph applies to proposals to make a regulated alteration described in paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 2 (school to cease to be one which admits pupils of one sex only). E+W

(2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies where such proposals are made under section 42 or 44 and, in accordance with section 48(4), the proposer sends a copy of the published proposals to the Welsh Ministers.

(3) The sending of the published proposals to the Welsh Ministers is to be treated as an application by the proposer for a transitional exemption order under the Equality Act 2010, and the Welsh Ministers may make such an order accordingly.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “make” (“gwneud”), in relation to a transitional exemption order, includes vary or revoke;

• “transitional exemption order” (“gorchymyn esemptio trosiannol”) has the same meaning as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the Equality Act 2010.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(g)