PART 2

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Local authority decisions on necessity of individual development plans for young people

Interpretation of regulations 6 to 9 and Schedule 1
6
1
In this regulation, regulations 7 to 9 and Schedule 1—
- “further education or training” (“addysg bellach neu hyfforddiant”) means education or training suitable to the requirements of persons who are above compulsory school age and organised leisure time occupation connected with such education or training, but it does not include any education or training received by a young person whilst subject to a detention order (see regulation 2(2) for when a person is subject to a detention order);
- “outcomes” (“deilliannau”) means outcomes related to preparing for work, progressing to other education, including higher education, or training opportunities or developing independent living skills or other useful skills or qualities for adulthood;
- “programme of study” (“rhaglen astudio”) means one or more courses of further education or training, whether or not leading to a qualification and in the case of more than one course, whether or not the courses are taken concurrently or in succession (but if in succession they must be part of an overall programme of study).
2
In determining the duration of a programme of study for the purposes of regulation 9 and Schedule 1—
a
a programme of study is treated as beginning with the day on which the young person commences, or is expected to commence, the programme of study and ending with the day on which the person is expected to complete, it, and
b
if the duration of the programme, or part of it, lasts for at least 38 weeks in any one year period, the programme, or that part of it, is treated as taking place over one year.
3
In determining the duration of other further education or training undertaken by a young person for the purposes of regulation 9 and Schedule 1—
a
the further education or training is treated as having begun with the first day of the month during which the young person commenced it and ending with the last day of the month during which—
i
the young person completed or otherwise ceased to receive the further education or training, or
ii
the young person is expected to complete or otherwise cease receiving the further education or training;
b
if the duration of the further education or training, or part of it, lasts for at least 38 weeks in any one year period, it, or that part of it, is treated as taking place over one year.
Reg. 6 in force at 1.9.2021, see reg. 1(2)