Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010 and it comes into force on the thirty-fifth day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order “education subordinate legislation” means subordinate legislation made wholly under powers in any of the Education Acts (within the meaning of the Education Act 1996) and “non-education subordinate legislation” is to be construed accordingly.

Amendment of Education Subordinate Legislation

2.—(1) This article applies in relation to Wales.

(2) The education subordinate legislation specified in Schedule 1 is amended in accordance with that Schedule.

(3) In any provision of education subordinate legislation not specified in Schedule 1 and in the titles of such subordinate legislation, for “local education authority” and “LEA” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authority” and for “local education authorities” and “LEAs” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authorities”.

Amendment of Non-education Subordinate Legislation

3.  The non-education subordinate legislation specified in Schedule 2 (which relate to local education authorities in Wales) is amended in accordance with that Schedule.

Leighton Andrews

Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, one of the Welsh Ministers

31 March 2010