The Foundation Subject (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Foundation Subject (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 20th July 2000.

(2) In this Order —

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Education Act 1996;

• “the Authority” (“yr Awdurdod”) means the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales(1); and

• “the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales.

Amendment

2.  The amendments to sections 354 and 580 of the Act as set out in the Foundation Subject (Amendment) (England) Order 2000(2) shall, except to such extent as they are expressed to have effect only in England, have effect in Wales subject to the further amendments set out in article 3 of this Order.

3.  The further amendments referred to in article 2 are as follows —

(a) in the substituted subsection (4), for paragraph (b) substitute –

“(b) in relation to schools in Wales, means a modern foreign language specified in an order of the National Assembly for Wales or, if the order so provides, any modern foreign language.”, and

(b) in the substituted subsection (5) after “(4)(a)” insert “or (b)”.

4.  The text of section 354(1) to (5) of the Act as amended by the Order referred to in article 2 and as further amended by this Order, is set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

13th July 2000