Paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 17 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (“the 2020 Act”) sets out the enactments that the Welsh Ministers may, by notice under paragraph 7(1)(a) of that Schedule, disapply for a period specified in the notice.

Regulation 2(2) amends the list in paragraph 7(5) to add regulations 3 and 4 of the Changing of School Session Times (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/572 (W. 54). These provisions set out procedures that must be followed by local authorities and governing bodies of maintained schools in order to change school session times.

Regulation 3 makes transitional provision so that any change to school sessions times implemented during the period when a notice has effect is reversed after the notice ceases to have effect.

The table in paragraph 7(6) of Schedule 17 to the 2020 Act sets out the enactments that the Welsh Ministers may, by notice under paragraph 7(1)(b) of that Schedule, modify for a period specified in the notice and sets out the manner in which they may be modified.

Regulation 2(3) amends the table to add new entries for provisions of the School Organisation Code made by the Welsh Ministers under sections 38 and 39 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (“the Code”) relating to consultation on school organisation proposals, setting out the modifications that may be made to those provisions by notice under paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 17 to the 2020 Act.

Regulation 4 makes transitional provision for a modification made by a notice relating to the Code to continue to have effect after the notice expires in respect of a consultation under the Code that is open at any time during the period specified in the notice.