The Education (Code of Practice on LEA – School Relations) (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2022

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

WALES

The Education (Code of Practice on LEA – School Relations) (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 1999

Made

18th June 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 85(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1) the Secretary of State for Wales hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Education (Code of Practice on LEA – School Relations) (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 1999.

Appointed Day

2.  30th June 1999 is hereby appointed as the day on which the Code of Practice on LEA – School Relations(2) issued pursuant to Section 127 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 on 15th June 1999 shall come into effect.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Peter Hain

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

18th June 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 30th June 1999 as the day on which the Code of Practice on LEA – School Relations issued under section 127 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) takes effect. This Code provides practical guidance with a view to securing effective relationships between local education authorities in Wales and the schools maintained by them–

(a) in relation to promoting high standards of education in such schools; and

(b) in relation to the discharge of “relevant” functions of such authorities in relation to such schools (as listed in section 127(6) of the 1998 Act).

Copies of the Code may be obtained from the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ. The Code is accessible on the internet at www.wales.gov.uk.

(1)

1998 c. 31. Section 85(5) applies to Codes of Practice under section 127 by virtue of section 127(3).

(2)

ISBN 07504 23471. The Code applies only in Wales.