Prescribed Persons4

1

For the purposes of section 537A(4) of the 1996 Act, the National Assembly for Wales prescribes as a person to whom it may provide individual pupil information —

a

any person referred to in paragraph (2) below; and

b

any person falling within the category referred to in paragraph (3) below.

2

The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above are —

a

the local education authority which maintains the school at which the pupil who is the subject of that information is or was registered or, in the case of a school which is not so maintained, the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated, at which the pupil who is the subject of that information is or was registered;

b

the National Council for Training and Education for Wales;

c

Local Government Data Unit-Wales; and

d

the Careers Wales companies established to provide careers services in Wales under sections 2, 8, 9 and 10 of the Employment and Training Act 19738.

3

The category referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above is that of persons conducting research into the educational achievements of pupils and who require individual pupil information for that purpose.