Right to ask for a decision whether a child has additional learning needs
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1
A child, who on 1 September 2021 has identified special educational needs or that child’s parent, may request that the appropriate person decides under Part 2 of the Act whether the child has additional learning needs.
2
The new law applies in relation to the child on the date that the request is received.
3
The old law ceases to apply in relation to the child on that date.
4
In this article—
a
the “appropriate person” means—
i
the local authority in Wales which is responsible for the child where that child is a registered pupil at a maintained school in Wales or a pupil referral unit in Wales and is—
aa
a looked after child;
bb
a registered pupil or an enrolled student at another institution (that institution being a school or an institution in the further education sector) and a local authority in Wales is responsible for the child;
ii
the management committee of the pupil referral unit at which the child is a registered pupil if the child does not come within paragraph (i)(aa) or (bb);
b
the “management committee” means a management committee established for a pupil referral unit by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act.