The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Part 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) makes provision in relation to the Education Workforce Council (“the Council”).

The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) make provision in relation to a number of the Council’s functions. These Regulations amend the 2015 Regulations so as to insert a new Part 3A. The new Part 3A provides that school learning support workers must not provide the services set out in that Part 3A unless they meet the specified criteria. The specified criteria includes being registered with the Council in the register it maintains pursuant to section 9 of the 2014 Act (regulation 2(a) and (c) of these Regulations).

Regulation 2(b) of these Regulations amends the 2015 Regulations to clarify that for qualified teachers to be able to carry out the work specified in regulation 17 of the Regulations they must be registered in the school teacher category of registration.

These Regulations further amend the 2015 Regulations so as to insert a new Part 4A. The new Part 4A provides that a further education learning support worker may not provide the services set out in section 16(2) of the 2014 Act unless that person is registered with the Council in the register it maintains pursuant to section 9 of the 2014 Act (regulation 2(d) of these Regulations).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.