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Point in time view as at 01/04/2012. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Education Act 1996, Section 569 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Any power of the Secretary of State [F1or the Welsh Ministers] to make regulations under this Act shall be exercised by statutory instrument.
(2)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act [F2made by the Secretary of State] , [F3other than one falling within subsection (2A),] F4..., shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
[F5(2A)A statutory instrument which contains (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under section [F6550ZA(3)(f) or 550ZC(7)] may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]
[F7(2B)A statutory instrument containing regulations under sections 332ZC, 332AA, 332BA, 332BB or 336 made by the Welsh Ministers is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
(2C)Paragraphs 33 to 35 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 make provision about the National Assembly for Wales procedures that apply to any statutory instrument containing regulations or an order made in exercise of functions conferred upon the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales by this Act that have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of that Schedule.]
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(4)Regulations under this Act may make different provision for different cases, circumstances or areas and may contain such incidental, supplemental, saving or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit [F9or the Welsh Ministers think fit] .
(5)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4), regulations under this Act may make in relation to Wales provision different from that made in relation to England.
(6)Subsection (5) does not apply to regulations under section 579(4).
Extent Information
E1S. 569 extends to Scotland so far as relating to regulations under s. 493 see s. 583(7).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 569(1) inserted (E.W.) (10.2.2012) by Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5), ss. 8(2), 26(3) (as amended (5.5.2010) by S.I. 2010/1148, arts. 1, 5(2)); S.I. 2012/320, art. 2(c)
F2Words in s. 569(2) inserted (E.W.) (10.2.2012) by Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5), ss. 8(3), 26(3) (as amended (5.5.2010) by S.I. 2010/1148, arts. 1, 5(2)); S.I. 2012/320, art. 2(c)
F3Words in s. 569(2) inserted (1.9.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 242(2)(a), 269(4); S.I. 2010/303, art. 6, Sch. 5 (as amended (26.7.2010) by S.I. 2010/1891, art. 2(2) (with art. 3))
F4Words in s. 569(2) repealed (8.1.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 2
F5S. 569(2A) inserted (1.9.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 242(2)(b), 269(4); S.I. 2010/303, art. 6, Sch. 5 (as amended (26.7.2010) by S.I. 2010/1891, art. 2(2) (with art. 3))
F6Words in s. 569(2A) substituted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 2(6), 82(3); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2
F7S. 569(2B)(2C) inserted (E.W.) (10.2.2012) by Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5), ss. 8(4), 26(3) (as amended (5.5.2010) by S.I. 2010/1148, arts. 1, 5(2)); S.I. 2012/320, art. 2(c)
F8S. 569(3) repealed (8.1.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 2
F9Words in s. 569(4) inserted (E.W.) (10.2.2012) by Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5), ss. 8(5), 26(3) (as amended (5.5.2010) by S.I. 2010/1148, arts. 1, 5(2)); S.I. 2012/320, art. 2(c)
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