The Education (Pupil Exclusions and Appeals) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004

Functions of governing body in relation to excluded pupils

5.—(1) For regulation 6(3) of the 2003 Regulations substitute —

“(3) The governing body must consider whether or not the pupil should be reinstated and where they consider that the pupil should be reinstated, they must in addition consider whether he or she should be reinstated immediately or reinstated by a particular date and whether it would not be practical for the head teacher to comply with a direction requiring the reinstatement of the pupil.”.

(2) In regulation 6(4), insert after the words “they must” the words “, unless they consider that it would not be practical for the head teacher to comply with a direction requiring the reinstatement of the pupil,”.

(3) In regulation 6(6) —

(i) in the Welsh language version substitute for the words “y dylid derbyn disgybl yn ôl” the words “na ddylid derbyn disgybl yn ôl”, and

(ii) insert after the words “should not be reinstated” the words “, or, having decided that the pupil should be reinstated, decide not to give a direction to the head teacher requiring the reinstatement of the pupil”.