2013 No. 2731 (W. 265)

Education, Wales

The Education (Remission of Charges Relating to Residential Trips) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 457(4)(b)(ai) and 569 of the Education Act 19961, and now vested in them2, make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Education (Remission of Charges Relating to Residential Trips) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and they come into force on 15 November 2013.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

3

In these Regulations—

  • “the 2003 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2003”) means the Education (Remission of Charges Relating to Residential Trips) (Wales) Regulations 20033.

Amendment

2

In regulation 2 of the 2003 Regulations (interpretation) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

  • “universal credit” (“credyd cynhwysol”) means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 20124.

3

After regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations insert—

Prescribed circumstances: receipt of universal credit6

The circumstances that are prescribed for the purposes of section 457(4)(b)(ai) of the 1996 Act5 are that the pupil’s parent is in receipt of universal credit on or after 15 November 2013.

Huw LewisMinister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Remission of Charges Relating to Residential Trips) (Wales) Regulations 2003 to add an additional benefit or allowance which entitles the child of a claimant to claim free board and lodging on a residential trip.

The receipt of Universal Credit on or after 15 November 2013 is prescribed for the purposes of section 457 of the Education Act 1996.