Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021

65 Duty to co-operate

(1) A person within subsection (2) must seek to enter into co-operation arrangements with—

(a) another person within that subsection, or

(b) the governing body of an institution in Wales within the further education sector,

if the person considers that entering into such arrangements would facilitate the exercise of a function conferred on the person by or under this Act.

(2) The persons are—

(a) the head teacher of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;

(b) the governing body of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;

(c) a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;

(d) the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;

(e) the management committee for a pupil referral unit;

(f) a local authority in Wales.

(3) If a person seeks to enter into co-operation arrangements with another person in accordance with subsection (1), the other person must consider the request.

(4) In this section, “co-operation arrangements” means—

(a) arrangements made in exercise of the powers of collaboration described in section 5 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 7), or

(b) arrangements of a similar kind made by or with—

(i) the head teacher of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school,

(ii) a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education,

(iii) the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit, or

(iv) the management committee for a pupil referral unit.