Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1982

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made

24th July 2002

Laid before Parliament

5th August 2002

Coming into force

1st April 2003

In the exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 342(4)(a), 569(1) and 579(1) of the Education Act 1996(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations—

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

Amendment of the Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 1999

2.  The Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 1999(2) shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.

3.  In Part III of the Schedule, after paragraph 21(14), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:

“(15) A copy of the accessibility plan for the school prepared under section 28D(8) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”(3)

Catherine Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Skills

24th July 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 1999 by requiring non-maintained special schools to ensure that a copy of the school’s accessibility plan within the meaning of section 28D of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is published in the school prospectus.

(1)

1996 c. 56; section 342 substituted by Schedule 30, paragraphs 57 and 82 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31).

(2)

S.I. 1999/2257.

(3)

1995 c. 50; section 28D inserted by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10), section 14(1).