Welsh Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 1476 (W. 378)

Education, Wales

The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021

Made

21 December 2021

Laid before Senedd Cymru

22 December 2021

Coming into force

1 January 2022

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 551 and 569(4) and (5) of the Education Act 1996(1), and now vested in them(2) make the following Regulations.

(1)

1996 c. 56. Section 551(1A) was inserted by paragraph 39 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), and section 551(2) was amended by paragraph 166 of Schedule 30 and Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31). For the meaning of “regulations” and “prescribed” see section 579(1).

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State 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 by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).