Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008

7 Travel arrangements for learners in post-16 education or training

(1) This section applies in relation to learners ordinarily resident in Wales—

(a) who—

(i) are over compulsory school age but have not attained the age of 19, or

(ii) have attained the age of 19 and have begun a particular course of education or training before attaining that age and continue to attend that course; and

(b) who receive education or training—

(i) at a place in Wales, or

(ii) which is funded by the Welsh Ministers at a place outside Wales.

(2) Regulations may make provision about travel arrangements for learners to and from the places where they receive education or training.

(3) The regulations may in particular—

(a) confer powers or impose duties on the following—

(i) the Welsh Ministers;

(ii) local authorities;

(iii) institutions in the further education sector;

(b) specify the kinds of place to and from which travel arrangements may or must be made;

(c) specify the travel arrangements that may or must be made;

(d) specify the matters that must be taken into account in making decisions about travel arrangements;

(e) make provision about charges;

(f) require any person to give any information or other assistance that is reasonably required by any other person in connection with the performance of the other person’s functions under the regulations;

(g) make provision about the standards of behaviour required of learners while travelling to and from the places where they receive education or training.