Education (Wales) Measure 2011

19 Minor and consequential amendments to the Education Act 2002 W

(1) The Education Act 2002 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 19—

(a) in subsection (8), before “Subsection (1)” insert “ In relation to maintained schools in England, ”;

(b) after subsection (8), insert—

“(9) In relation to maintained schools in Wales, subsection (1) has effect subject to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011; and regulations under this section may include provision with respect to the governing bodies of federations (within the meaning of section 21(1) of that Measure).”

(3) In section 20—

(a) in subsection (4), before “Subsection (1)” insert “ In relation to maintained schools in England, ”;

(b) after subsection (4), insert—

“(4A) In relation to maintained schools in Wales, subsection (1) has effect subject to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011; and regulations under subsection (2) may include provision with respect to instruments of government for federations (within the meaning of section 21(1) of that Measure).”

(4) In section 24—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), after “schools” insert “ in England ”;

(b) in subsection (1)(b), after “schools” insert “ in England ”;

(c) in subsection (2), after “schools” insert “ in England ”;

(d) in subsection (4)(g) omit “, or as the case may be the National Assembly for Wales,”;

(e) in subsection (5)(a) omit “or the National Assembly for Wales”.

(5) In section 25(1)—

(a) omit paragraph (a);

(b) in paragraph (b), after “federated schools” insert “ in England ”.

(6) In section 39(1), after “federated school” insert “ in relation to England ”.

(7) In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1, after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if—

(a) the school is a federated school in Wales, and

(b) immediately after the discontinuance date, there will be more than one other school remaining in the federation.

(1B) “Federation” in sub-paragraph (1A) means a group of schools that are federated by virtue of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011 or were federated by virtue of section 24 before the coming into force of that Chapter, and “federated school” means a school forming part of a federation.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 19 in force at 28.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/1066, art. 2