The Education (Revocation of Assessment Arrangements in the National Curriculum and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 517 (W. 124)

Education, Wales

The Education (Revocation of Assessment Arrangements in the National Curriculum and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Made

8 May 2022

Laid before Senedd Cymru

9 May 2022

Coming into force

30 May 2022

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers in sections 29(3) and (5)(1), 408(1)(2), 537(1), (4) and (7)(3), 537A(1), (2) and (3)(4) and 569(4)(5) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1(6) to, the Education Act 1996(7), in section 108(2)(b)(iii) and (3)(c)(8), and in section 210(7)(9) of the Education Act 2002(10), make the following Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 408(5) of the Education Act 1996 have consulted such persons as appeared to the Welsh Ministers to be desirable.

(1)

1996 c. 56. Section 29(3) was amended by paragraph 67 of Schedule 30 and Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31). The heading of section 29 and subsections (1), (3) and (5) were amended by S.I. 2010/1158. There are other amendments to this section which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Section 408(1) was amended by paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), paragraph 106(a) of Schedule 30, and Schedule 31, to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, paragraphs 1 and 57(1) and (2) of Schedule 9 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), paragraph 46(1) and (2) of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), paragraphs 9, 11(1) and (2) of Schedule 12 to the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), paragraphs 5 and 7 of Schedule 8 to the Education Act 2011 (c. 21), paragraph 1(1) and (2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5) and by S.I. 2010/1158. There are other amendments to this section which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

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.

(4)

Section 537A of the Education Act 1996 was inserted by section 20 of the Education Act 1997, substituted by paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and further amended by S.I. 2010/1158 and by S.I. 2012/976.

(5)

Section 569(4) was amended by section 8(1) and (5) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5) and by section 73 of, and paragraphs 1 and 22(b) of Schedule 2 to, the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021. 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.

(6)

Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158.

(7)

1996 c. 56. The functions of the Secretary of State in the Education Act 1996 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers under section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(8)

The powers in section 108 were conferred on the National Assembly for Wales. Section 108(2) and (3) was amended so as to omit references to the National Assembly for Wales and replace it with references to the Welsh Ministers by paragraphs 11 to 13 of the Schedule to the Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1). Section 108 was repealed by paragraphs 44 and 45 of Schedule 2 to, the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021. That repeal is subject to the saving and transitional provision in S.I. 2022/111 (W. 39). For the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 212(1) of the Education Act 2002.

(9)

Section 210 was amended by paragraphs 44 and 46 of Schedule 2 to, the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021.

(10)

2002 c. 32.