The Education (Co-ordination of School Admission Arrangements and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Part 2 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013

7.—(1) Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (“ the 2013 Act”) is to apply as if any obligations imposed on a governing body under a qualifying scheme or a Welsh Minister scheme were imposed on it by the Education Acts.

(2) Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2013 Act is to apply as if any obligations imposed on a local authority under a qualifying scheme or a Welsh Minister scheme were education functions.

(3) In this regulation—

(a) “the Education Acts” (“y Deddfau Addysg”) has the meaning given in section 578(1) of the 1996 Act(1);

(b) “education functions” (“swyddogaethau addysg”) has the meaning given in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act(2).

(1)

The list of “Education Acts” was amended so that the entry for “the Education Act 1962” (c. 24) was omitted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), Schedule 4, the entry for “the Education Act 1967” (c. 3) was omitted by the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), Schedule 22, the entry for “the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990” (c. 6) was omitted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, Schedule 4, the entry for “the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991” (c. 49) was omitted by the Education Act 2002, Schedule 21, paragraph 56, the entry for “the Education (Student Loans) Act 1996” (c. 9) was omitted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, Schedule 4, the entry for “the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996” (c. 50) was omitted by the Education Act 2002, Schedule 22, the entry for “the School Inspections Act 1996” (c. 57) was omitted by the Education Act 2005 (c. 18), Schedule 9, paragraph 9, the entry for the “the Education Act 1997” (c. 44) was inserted by that Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 42, the entry for “the Education (Schools) Act 1997” (c. 59) was inserted by section 6(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Education (Student Loans) Act 1998” (c. 1) was inserted by section 6(1) of that Act, the entry for “the Education (Student Loans) Act 1998” was omitted was by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, Schedule 4, the entry for “the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998” was inserted by that Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 15, the entry for “the School Standards and Framework Act 1998” (c. 31) was inserted by that Act, Schedule 30, paragraph 182, the entry for “the Education Act 2002” was inserted by section 217(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Higher Education Act 2004” (c. 8) was inserted by section 54(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Education Act 2005” (c. 18) was inserted by section 128(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Education and Inspections Act 2006” (c. 40) was inserted by section 191(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Education and Skills Act 2008” (c. 25) was inserted by section 174(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008” (nawm 2) was inserted by section 29(2) of that Measure, the entry for “the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009” (c. 22) was inserted by section 270(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Healthy Eating in Schools (Wales) Measure 2009” (nawm 3) was inserted by section 12(4) of that Measure, the entry for “the Education Act 2011” (c. 21) was inserted by section 83(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Education (Wales) Measure 2011” (nawm 7) was inserted by section 34(2) of that Measure, the entry for “the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013” (anaw 1) was inserted by section 101(2) of that Act, the entry for “the Education (Wales) Act 2014” (anaw 5) was inserted by section 45 of that Act, the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 1) was added to the list of “Education Acts” by section 60(2) of that Act, the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5) was added to the list of “Education Acts” by section 61(2) of that Act, the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2) was added to the list of “Education Acts” by section 101(2) of that Act, the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4) was added to the list of “Education Acts” by section 72 of that Act and the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1) was added to the list of “Education Acts” by section 149(2) of that Act; there are other amendments to the list of “Education Acts” in section 578 but none are relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

The definition of “education functions” was inserted by S.I. 2010/1158.