The National Curriculum (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 837 (W. 211)

Education, Wales

The National Curriculum (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Made

5 August 2016

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

10 August 2016

Coming into force

1 September 2016

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers in sections 29(1), 408(2), 537(3), 537A(1) and (2)(4), 563 and 569(4) and (5)(5) of the Education Act 1996, and in sections 30(1) and (2) and 210 of the Education Act 2002(6) and exercisable by them(7) and after consulting with those persons with whom consultation appeared to the Welsh Minsters to be desirable pursuant to section 408(5) of the Education Act 1996 make the following Regulations:

(1)

1996 c. 56. Section 29(2) was repealed by Schedule 30 and paragraph 67 of Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31). Section 29(3) was also amended by Schedule 30 and paragraph 67 of Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. The heading of section 29 and subsections (1), (3) and (5) were amended by S.I. 2010/1158. Section 29(6) was repealed by paragraph 35 of Part 3 of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32). Section 29(6A) was inserted by section 9(1) and (2) of the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 3).

(2)

Section 408 of the Education Act 1996 was amended by paragraph 30 of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), paragraphs 57 and 106 of Schedule 30 and Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, paragraphs 1 and 57 of Schedule 9 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002, Schedule 12 and Part 7 of Schedule 16 to the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), section 9(1) and (3) of the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015, Schedule 4 to the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5) and by S.I. 2010/1158.

(3)

Section 537 of the Education Act 1996 was amended by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997, paragraphs 57 and 152 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, paragraph 60 of Schedule 9 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000, Part 2 of Schedule 7 and Part 3 of Schedule 22 to the Education Act 2002, Schedule 13 to the Education Act 2011 (c. 21), and by S.I. 2010/1158.

(4)

Section 537A of the Education Act 1996 was substituted by paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and further amended by S.I. 2010/1158. There are other amendments to this section which are not relevant to Wales.

(5)

Section 569(4) of the Education Act 1996 was amended by section 8(1) and (5) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 7).

(6)

2002 c. 32. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 30 were amended by section 103((1)(a) and (c) of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18) and by S.I. 2010/1158.

(7)

The functions in the sections in the Education Act 1996 were conferred on the Secretary of State and were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and then to the Welsh Ministers under paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). The functions in the sections in the Education Act 2002 were conferred on the National Assembly for Wales and were transferred to the Welsh Ministers under paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.