The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information by Welsh Ministers) Regulations 2011

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information by Welsh Ministers) Regulations 2011 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;

“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996(1);

“pupil” has the meaning given by section 3 of the 1996 Act(2);

“registered pupil” has the meaning given by section 434 of the 1996 Act(3);

“school” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1996 Act(4); and

“unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers and letters which are allocated to a pupil and are particular to that pupil, by use of a formula determined by the Welsh Ministers.

(1)

1996 c.56.

(2)

Section 3 was amended by section 57 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to, the Education Act 1997 (c.44); and section 215 of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 21 to, the Education Act 2002 (c.32).

(3)

Section 434 was amended by section 140 of, and paragraph 111 of Schedule 30 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31); and article 5 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1158).

(4)

Section 4 was amended by sections 51 and 57 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 to, the Education Act 1997 (c.44); section 215 of, and part 3 of Schedule 22 to, the Education Act 2002 (c.32); article 2 of, and paragraph 97 of Schedule 1 to, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1080) and section 95 of the Childcare Act 2006 (c.21).