The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Assessment or statement declined before commencement

4Application of Part 3

5Consideration of whether to make assessment not completed before commencement date

6Request for assessment not determined before commencement date

7Assessment not completed before commencement date

8Appeals against decision not to comply with request to carry out assessment

9Appeals against decision not to make statement

10Appeals against determination to cease to maintain statement

11Continued application of EA 1996 in relation to pre- and post-commencement statements

12Duty to secure EHC needs assessment for children transferring to post-16 institution in 2015

13Duty to consider EHC needs assessment for children in year 6

14Duty to secure EHC needs assessment for other children etc in period 2015-2018

15Power to secure earlier EHC needs assessment

16Exceptions to Articles 12 to 15: exceptional personal circumstances and appeals

17Children etc for whom EHC needs assessment cannot be secured before 1st April 2018

18Persons to whom notice of EHC needs assessment must be given

19Effect of providing notice

20Procedure for EHC assessment

21Effect of decision to prepare EHC plan following EHC needs assessment

22Effect of decision not to prepare EHC plan following EHC needs assessment

23Power to treat re-assessment under EA 1996 as re-assessment under 2014 Act

24Effect of decision to replace statement following re-assessment

25Effect of decision not to replace statement following re-assessment

26Local authority ceasing to maintain statement

27Learning difficulty assessment in progress on commencement date

28Young people who have had a pre-commencement learning difficulty assessment

29Duty to anticipate application of section 36 of the 2014 Act

30Children etc with an EHC plan who are detained

2014 No. 2270

Education, England

The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014

Made26th August 2014

Coming into force1st September 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 137(1) of the Children and Families Act 20141, makes the following Order: