INTRODUCTION

1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 30 September 2008 and approved by Her Majesty in Council on 10 December 2008. They have been prepared by the Department for the Economy and Transport in conjunction with the Department for Children, Education, Life-Long Learning and Skills of the Welsh Assembly Government to assist the reader of the proposed Measure. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Measure but are not part of it.

2.The Measure replaces provisions applying to Wales in sections 509, 509AA, 509AB, 509AC and 509A of the Education Act 1996 in relation to the provision of transport for children and others receiving education and training at schools and other institutions.