Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2270/made
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1st September 2014.
“the 2001 Regulations” means the Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001(2);
“the commencement date” means 1st September 2014;
“compulsory school age” has the same meaning as in section 8 of EA 1996;
“infant school” means a primary school which provides education for children who are of compulsory school age but have not attained the age of eight, even though it may also provide education for children below compulsory school age;
“junior school” means a primary school which provides education for children who are of compulsory school age and who have attained the age of eight;
“statement” means a statement of special educational needs made and maintained under section 324 or 331 of EA 1996;
“the SEND Regulations 2014” means the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014(3);
“special school” has the same meaning as in section 6(2) of EA 1996;
“year 6” means a year group in which the majority of children will, in the school year, attain the age of 11;
“year 9” means a year group in which the majority of children will, in the school year, attain the age of 14;
“year 10” means a year group in which the majority of children will, in the school year, attain the age of 15.
(2) References in this Order to “the old law” are to the following as they had effect in relation to England immediately before the commencement date—
(a)Chapter 1 of Part 4 and Chapter 5A of Part 10 of EA 1996,
(b)regulations made under either of those Chapters (or section 569 of that Act so far as it had effect in relation to that Chapter), and
(c)any other provision of or made under an Act that, at that time, had effect for the purposes of or in relation to—
(i)a provision of either of those Chapters or such regulations, or
(ii)a person to whom either of those Chapters or such regulations applied.
(3) References in this Order to “the new law” are to—
(a)Part 3 of the 2014 Act,
(b)an order or regulations made under that Part (or section 135 of that Act so far as it has effect in relation to that Part), and
(c)any other provision of or made under an Act(4) that has effect for the purposes of or in relation to—
(i)a provision of that Part or such an order or regulations, or
(ii)a person to whom that Part or such an order or regulations applies.
(4) For the purposes of this Order an appeal is finally determined if—
(a)a decision is made by a tribunal or court on the appeal, and
(b)if a request may be made to review the decision or it may be further appealed, the period (or each of the periods) for doing so expires without a review being requested or further appeal being brought.
(5) Expressions used in this Order which are defined for the purposes of Part 3 of the 2014 Act have the same meaning as in that Part.
PART 2Assessment or statement declined before commencement
Assessment or statement declined before commencement
(a)a request is made to a local authority under section 36(1) of the 2014 Act in respect of a child or young person, or
(b)a local authority otherwise becomes responsible for a child or young person.
(2) The local authority does not need to comply with section 36(3) of the 2014 Act in respect of the child or young person if, within the period of six months ending with the date on which the request is made or the authority otherwise becomes responsible for him or her, a local authority has—
(a)decided under section 329 or 329A of EA 1996 that it is not necessary to make an assessment (or further assessment) under section 323 of that Act in respect of the child or young person, or
(b)decided not to make a statement of the special educational needs of the child or young person following an assessment under section 323 or 331 of that Act in respect of him or her.
PART 3Children etc without statement on commencement: assessments in progress
4.—(1) This Part applies in relation to a child or young person in the area of a local authority in England if no statement was maintained for the child or young person under section 324 or 331 of EA 1996 immediately before the commencement date.
(2) This Part has effect despite the disapplication by section 81 of and Schedule 3 to the 2014 Act of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of EA 1996 in relation to children in the area of a local authority in England.
PART 4Children etc without statement on commencement: appeals in progress
Appeals against decision not to make statement
9.—(1) This Article applies if immediately before the commencement date—
(a)the parent of a child or young person had the right to appeal under section 325 of EA 1996 against a decision of a local authority in England not to make a statement for the child or young person, but had not brought such an appeal, or
(b)the parent of a child or young person had brought an appeal under section 325 of EA 1996 against a decision of a local authority in England not to make a statement for the child or young person, but the appeal had not finally been determined.
(c)where, on the final determination of the appeal, the local authority is ordered to make and maintain a statement, when the old law ceases to apply in relation to the child or young person by virtue of Part 5 of this Order;
(d)where, on the final determination of the appeal, the local authority is ordered to reconsider whether it is necessary for the authority to determine the special educational provision which any learning difficulty the child may have calls for, the time found by applying Article 7(5) as if the resulting assessment had begun before the commencement date;
(e)where on the final determination of the appeal an order is made under paragraph (6), when the order is made.
(6) On the appeal the First-tier Tribunal may order the local authority to make and maintain an EHC plan instead of a statement.
(7) The First-tier Tribunal may make an order under paragraph (6) only with the consent of—
PART 5Children etc with statement on commencement: transfer to new regime
Continued application of EA 1996 in relation to pre- and post-commencement statements
11.—(1) This Part applies in relation to a child or young person in the area of a local authority in England if—
(a)immediately before the commencement date, a statement was maintained for the child or young person under section 324 or 331 of EA 1996, or
(b)on or after that date a statement under section 324 or 331 of that Act comes to be maintained for the child or young person as a result of the operation of Part 3 or 4 of this Order.
(2) Despite the disapplication by section 81 of and Schedule 3 to the 2014 Act of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of EA 1996 in relation to children in the area of a local authority in England—
(a)the statement continues to have effect, and
(b)the old law continues to have effect in relation to the child or young person.
(3) The new law does not have effect in relation to the child or young person.
(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) are subject to the following provisions of this Part.
Duty to secure EHC needs assessment for children transferring to post-16 institution in 2015
12.—(1) This Article applies to a child to whom this Part applies and who is expected to transfer to a post-16 institution during 2015.
(2) The local authority that maintains the child’s statement must secure that an EHC needs assessment for the child is carried out and concluded before 31st May 2015.
(3) The time when an EHC needs assessment is concluded for the purposes of this Part depends on whether, in the light of the assessment, the local authority decides it is necessary for special educational provision to be made for the child or young person in accordance with an EHC plan.
(4) If the local authority decides this is necessary, the assessment is concluded when the local authority sends a copy of the finalised plan to—
(b)the governing body, proprietor or principal of any school or other institution, or the provider of early years education, named in the plan.
(5) If the local authority decides this is not necessary, the assessment is concluded when the local authority notifies the child’s parent or young person of that fact.
(6) This Article is subject to Articles 16, 23 and 28.
Duty to secure EHC needs assessment for other children etc in period 2015-2018
14.—(1) This Article applies to a child or young person to whom this Part applies, other than a child to whom Article 12 applies.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies to the child or young person if during 2016 or 2017—
(a)he or she is expected to transfer to a different phase of education, or
(b)he or she comes to be in year 9.
(3) The local authority that maintains the statement for the child or young person must secure that an EHC needs assessment for him or her is carried out and concluded—
(a)where the child is expected to transfer to a post-16 institution in that period, before 31st March in the calendar year in which the transfer takes place,
(b)where the child or young person is otherwise expected to transfer to a different phase of education in that period, before 15th February in the calendar year in which the transfer takes place, or
(c)where the child comes to be in year 9 in that period, before the child begins year 10.
(4) If the child or young person falls within paragraph (2) more than once in that period—
(a)paragraph (3) requires an EHC needs assessment for the child or young person to be carried out and concluded before the earliest date that is applicable to him or her under that paragraph, but
(b)that paragraph does not require more than one assessment to be carried out for him or her in that period.
(5) If the child or young person does not fall within paragraph (2) in the period mentioned in that paragraph, the local authority that maintains the statement for the child or young person must secure that an EHC needs assessment for him or her is carried out and concluded before 1st April 2018.
(6) For the purposes of this Article a child transfers to a different phase of education if the child transfers—
(a)from relevant early years education to school,
(b)from infant to junior school,
(c)from primary to middle school,
(d)from primary to secondary school,
(e)from middle to secondary school,
(f)from school to a post-16 institution,
(g)from mainstream school to special school, or
(h)from special school to mainstream school.
(7) This Article is subject to Articles 16, 23 and 28.
Exceptions to Articles 12 to 15: exceptional personal circumstances and appeals
16.—(1) Articles 12 to 15 do not apply in relation to a child or young person at any time when—
(a)exceptional personal circumstances affect the child, the child’s parent or the young person, and those circumstances mean that it is not appropriate to carry out an EHC needs assessment for the child or young person, in which case paragraph (2) applies; or
(b)the parent of a child or young person had brought an appeal under section 326 of EA 1996 against any of the matters listed in subsection (1A) of that section, or under paragraph 8 of Schedule 27 to EA 1996, but the appeal had not been fully determined, in which case paragraph (3) applies.
(2) In the circumstances set out in paragraph (1)(a) the local authority that maintains the statement for the child or young person must secure that an EHC needs assessment for him or her is carried out and concluded as soon as is reasonably practicable after it becomes appropriate to carry out that assessment.
(3) In the circumstances set out in paragraph (1)(b) the local authority that maintains the statement for the child or young person must secure that an EHC needs assessment for him or her is carried out and concluded as soon as is reasonably practicable after the appeal has been fully determined.
Persons to whom notice of EHC needs assessment must be given
18.—(1) A local authority that secures an EHC needs assessment under this Part must give notice of the assessment to the persons listed in paragraph (2) no later than the beginning of the period of two weeks ending with the day on which the assessment begins.
(b)where the child receives education from a provider of relevant early years education, the person (if any) identified as having responsibility for special educational needs in relation to the provider,
(c)where the child or young person is a registered pupil at a school, the head teacher of the school or, if there is no head teacher, the person holding the equivalent position at the school,
(d)where the young person is a student at a post-16 institution, the principal of the institution or, if there is no principal, the person holding the equivalent position at the institution, and
(e)where the child or young person does not fall within any of paragraphs (b) to (d), a person who the authority thinks it is appropriate to notify.
Effect of providing notice
19. If a local authority gives notice under Article 18 to a child’s parent or a young person, the following provisions of EA 1996 cease to apply in relation to the child or young person on and after the date on which the notice is given—
(a)section 326 (appeal against contents of statement);
(c)section 328A (appeal against determination of local authority in England not to amend statement following review);
(d)section 329A (review or assessment of educational needs at request of responsible body).
Effect of decision to prepare EHC plan following EHC needs assessment
21.—(1) This Article applies if, in the light of an EHC needs assessment under this Part, the local authority decides it is necessary for special educational provision to be made for a child or young person in accordance with an EHC plan.
(2) The new law applies in relation to the child or young person as if the assessment had been carried out under Part 3 of the 2014 Act, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) Regulation 13 of the SEND Regulations 2014 applies as if paragraph (2) required the finalised EHC plan to be sent to—
as soon as is practicable and in any event within the period of 14 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification under Article 18 was given.
(4) Section 44 of the 2014 Act applies as if the date on which the EHC assessment under this Part was concluded was the date on which the EHC plan was last reviewed under that section.
(5) The local authority must cease to maintain the statement for the child or young person when the EHC plan is made.
(6) The new law has effect in relation to the child or young person (to the extent that it has not done so already), and the old law ceases to have effect in relation to the child or young person, at that time.
Effect of decision not to replace statement following re-assessment
25.—(1) This Article applies if, in the light of a re-assessment by virtue of Article 23, a local authority decides not to replace a statement for a child or young person with an EHC plan.
(2) The parent of the child, or the young person, may appeal under section 51(2)(b) against the decision as if it were a decision following an EHC needs assessment.
(3) The local authority must cease to maintain the statement in respect of the child or young person at the relevant time (but must maintain the statement until that time).
(4) The new law has effect in relation to the child or young person (to the extent that it has not done so already), and the old law ceases to have effect in relation to the child or young person, at the relevant time.
(5) If no appeal is brought under section 51 of the 2014 Act against the decision referred to in paragraph (1) within the period allowed for bringing such an appeal, the relevant time is the end of that period.
(6) If such an appeal is brought within that period, the relevant time is—
(d)where, on the final determination of the appeal, the case is referred back to the local authority for it to consider whether it is necessary for it to determine the special educational provision for the child or young person, the time found by applying paragraph (5) and this paragraph to the authority’s decision following the consideration as if the decision were one under paragraph (1).
Local authority ceasing to maintain statement
26.—(1) This Article applies if a local authority that was maintaining a statement for a child or young person to whom this Part applies determines to cease to maintain that statement (otherwise than as the result of the operation of the other provisions of this Part).
(2) The new law has effect in relation to the child or young person (to the extent that it has not done so already), and the old law ceases to have effect in relation to the child or young person, at the relevant time.
(3) If no appeal under paragraph 11 of Schedule 27 to EA 1996 is brought against the local authority’s determination within the period allowed for bringing such appeals, the relevant time is the end of that period.
(4) If such an appeal is brought against the determination within that period, the relevant time is—
(c)where, on the final determination of the appeal, the local authority is ordered to continue to maintain the statement, when the old law ceases to apply in relation to the child or young person by virtue of this Part;
(d)where paragraph (6) applies, when the authority make the determination referred to in that paragraph.
(5) Paragraph (6) applies if on the final determination of the appeal, the local authority is ordered to continue to maintain the statement.
(6) The local authority may with the consent of the child’s parent or the young person determine that the statement is to have effect as an EHC plan specifying the educational provision specified in the statement.
PART 6Learning difficulty assessments
27.—(1) This Article applies if an assessment under section 139A of the Learning and Skills Act 2000(5) in relation to a person was begun but not completed before the commencement date.
(b)any other provision of or made under an Act(6) that, immediately before the repeal of those sections, had effect in relation to a person to whom those sections applied continues to have effect in relation to that person in that form.
PART 7Children etc with an EHC plan who are detained
Children etc with an EHC plan who are detained
30.—(1) This Article applies to a child or young person if —
(a)an EHC plan is maintained by a local authority for the child or young person, and
(2) Despite the amendments made by Schedule 3 to the 2014 Act to Chapter 5A of Part 10 of EA 1996, that Chapter continues to have effect in relation to the child or young person—
(a)as if the EHC plan were a statement maintained by that authority immediately before the beginning of the detention, and
(b)as if the special educational provision specified in the EHC plan—
(i)were contained in a statement kept for the child or young person, and
(ii)had been specified in the statement immediately before the detention.
This Order makes transitional provisions in connection with the coming into force on 1st September 2014 (“commencement”) of provisions in Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”), in accordance with S.I. 2014/889 (as amended by S.I. 2014/1134).
Article 2 contains definitions, including the “new law” in the 2014 Act and the “old law” at Part 4 of the Education Act 1996.
Parts 2 to 4 deal with children and young people who did not have a SEN statement on commencement. Part 2 is about children or young people who have been refused an assessment or statement and provides for section 36(3) of the 2014 Act not to apply to them. Part 3 preserves the old law in relation to cases where an assessment is being considered or in progress on commencement. Part 4 applies to appeals against the refusal of an assessment or statement before commencement.
Part 5 deals with children or young people who have a statement on commencement and sets out when they should be transferred to the new regime.
Part 6 deals with learning difficulty assessments under section 139A of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
Part 7 deals with children and young people with EHC plans who become detained, and provides that while in detention their plans are treated as statements. This is in light of the fact that sections 70(2) to 75 of the 2014 Act which make special provision for applying the 2014 Act to detained persons, are not yet commenced.
S.I. 2014/1530.
This includes the Special Educational Needs (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 S.I. 2014/2103.