The Education (School Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1400 (W.139)

EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (School Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made

21st May 2002

Coming into force

31st May 2002

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 537 and 569(4) and (5) of the Education Act 1996(1) and now vested in the National Assembly(2).

Name and commencement

1.  These Regulations are called the Education (School Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 31st May 2002.

Amendment of Regulations

2.—(1) The Education (School Information) (Wales) Regulations 1999(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(1), for the definitions of “NC tests” (in both places) and “NC tasks” substitute—

• ““NC tests” and “NC tasks” means, respectively, National Curriculum tests and National Curriculum tasks administered to pupils in accordance with the statutory arrangements;”.

(3) In Schedule 3, omit—

(a) in paragraph 18, in sub-paragraph (3) the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (8)” and the words “and specifying the percentage of pupils who were absent from the NC tests”;

(b) in paragraph 18, in sub-paragraph (5) the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (8)”; and

(c) in paragraph 18, sub-paragraph (8).

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(4)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

21st May 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Information) (Wales) Regulations 1999 in consequence of the abolition in Wales of “standard task assessments” (tests) to which the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 1) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/45 (W.4)) gave effect.

(1)

1996 c. 56. Section 537(4) was amended by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), section 537(1) by paragraph 152 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) and section 537(7) by paragraph 60 of Schedule 9 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21). For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 579(1) of the 1996 Act.

(2)

See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(3)

S.I. 1999/1812, amended by S.I. 2001/1111 (W.55) and S.I. 2001/3710 (W.306).

(4)

1998 c. 38.