The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) (England) Regulations 2012

Amendments to the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc) (England) Regulations 2007

2.—(1) The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc) (England) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 22—

(a) for sub-paragraph (2)(b) substitute—

“(b) with respect to teachers employed by the authority to work at the unit, the authority’s functions under the Education (School Teachers’ Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012(2)”;

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) The powers that are requisite for the discharge of the function of conducting the unit include, in particular, the powers conferred by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 2002 (powers of governing body).”;

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) any power to acquire and dispose of land.”; and

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (c).

(3) Omit regulation 23.

(4) In Schedule 3—

(a) in paragraph 2(b) omit “education”;

(b) after paragraph 2(b) insert—

“(c) sub-paragraph (d) does not apply to units”;

(c) in paragraph 5, omit sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (e);

(d) for paragraph 11(a) substitute—

“(a) omit “regulation 3(2) of the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998 and regulation 6 of the Education (School Government) (Terms of Reference) (England) Regulations 2000,””;

(e) in paragraph 14—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “The authority” substitute “The committee”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), omit “for “governing body” substitute “authority” and”.

(1)

S.I.2007/2978, which was amended by S.I.2012/1825. There are other amendments but none are relevant to this instrument.

(2)

S.I.2012/115, which was amended by S.I.2012/431 and S.I.2012/2055.