1995 No. 903
The Education (School Curriculum and Assessment Authority) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1995
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 252 of the Education Act 19931, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Curriculum and Assessment Authority) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 21st April 1995.
Interpretation
In this Order—
“the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;
“ACAC” means Awdurdod Cwricwlwm Ac Asesu Cymru or the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales2;
“the Authority” means the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority3;
references to the fourth key stage shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3) to (6) of the Education Reform Act 19884.
Transfer of functions3
There are hereby transferred to ACAC, in relation to Wales, all the Authority’s functions under subsection (1) of section 245 of the 1993 Act as are exercisable in relation to both England and Wales insofar as those functions relate to the examination and assessment of pupils in the fourth key stage or above in subjects other than Welsh.
Supplementary, incidental and consequential provisions — transfer of staff4
1
This article applies in relation to the Authority’s employee Robin Bateman if he is employed under a contract of employment with the Authority immediately before the coming into force of this Order.
2
That contract of employment shall have effect as if originally made between Robin Bateman and ACAC.
3
Without prejudice to paragraph (2), all the Authority’s rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with that contract of employment shall by virtue of that paragraph be transferred to ACAC on the day on which this order comes into force and anything done before that day by or in relation to the Authority in respect of that contract or Robin Bateman shall be deemed from that day to have been done by or in relation to ACAC.
4
Paragraphs (2) and (3) above are without prejudice to any right of Robin Bateman to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change in employer effected by paragraph (2) above.
(This note is not part of the Order)