Welsh Statutory Instruments
Education, Wales
Made
23 February 2022
Laid before Senedd Cymru
25 February 2022
Coming into force
1 April 2022
The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 537 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996(1), and now vested in them(2), and in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by sections 30(1) and 210(7) of the Education Act 2002(3) and now vested in them(4), make the following Regulations:
1996 c. 56. Section 537(1) was amended by paragraph 152(a) of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, by paragraph 9(1) and (15) of Schedule 13 to the Education Act 2011 and by S.I. 2010/1158. Subsection (4) was amended by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997. Subsection (7) was amended by paragraph 152(b) of Schedule 30 and Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, by paragraphs 1 and 60 of Schedule 9 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000, by paragraph 6(1) and (5) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 2002 and by S.I. 2010/1158. Subsections (9) and (10) were repealed by Part 3 of Schedule 22 to the Education Act 2002. Section 569(4) was amended by section 8(1) and (5) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5). There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations. For the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996.
The functions of the Secretary of State under these sections were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and then to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 30 were amended by section 103(1)(a) and (b) of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18). Subsection (7) of section 210 was amended by section 21(1) and (3)(c)(i) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2). There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under section 30 of the Education Act 2002 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006. For the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 212(1) of the Education Act 2002.