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If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Measure into force:S.I. 2011/1951 art. 2 commences (2009 nawm 5) PART 1 WEDUCATION APPEALS AND CLAIMS BY CHILDRENSpecial educational needs appealsW1Right of a child to appeal in respect of special educational needsW(1)The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)After section 332 insert—
“Appeals by childrenW332ZARight of a child to appeal to the Welsh Tribunal(1)This section applies to the rights of a parent of a child to appeal to the Welsh Tribunal under any of the following provisions—
(d)section 329(2)(b) (assessment of educational needs at request of child's parent);
(3)The child's rights are exercisable concurrently with the parent's rights.
2Notice and service of documentsW(1)The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)After section 332ZA insert—
“332ZBNotice and service of documents on a child(1)This section applies if a local education authority in Wales is required to give notice to or serve a document on a parent of a child under any of the following provisions—
(c)section 329 (assessment of educational needs at request of child's parent);
3Case friendsW(1)The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)After section 332ZB insert—
“332ZCCase friends — Wales(1)The Welsh Ministers may provide by regulations for a child to have a person (referred to in this Part as a “case friend”)—
(b)to exercise the rights of a child under section 332ZA on the child's behalf.
(2)A child's case friend must—
(c)ensure that all steps and decisions taken by the case friend are for the benefit of the child and take account of the child's views.
4Advice and informationW(1)The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(b)in subsection (1), after the words “local education authority” insert “ in England ”;
“332AAAdvice and information — Wales(1)A local education authority in Wales must arrange for any child in their area with special educational needs, for a parent of any such child and for a case friend for any such child, to be provided with advice and information about matters relating to those needs.
5Resolution of disputesW(1)Section 332B of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with subsection (2).
(2)In section 332B (resolution of disputes)—
(a)in the heading, after the word “disputes” insert “ — England ”;
(b)in subsections (1) and (2), after the words “local education authority” insert “ in England ”;
(c)in subsection (4), for “given—”substitute “ given by the Secretary of State. ”;
(d)in subsection (4), omit paragraphs (a) and (b).
(3)After section 332B insert—
“332BAResolution of disputes — Wales(1)A local education authority in Wales must make arrangements with a view to avoiding or resolving disagreements between—
6Independent advocacy servicesW(1)The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)After section 332BA insert the following—
“332BBIndependent advocacy services — Wales(1)Every local education authority in Wales must—
7Tribunal procedureW(1)Section 336 of The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)At the end of subsection (2)(n), leave out “and”.
(3)After subsection (2)(o) insert—
8Procedures for making regulationsW(1)Section 569 (regulations) of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)In subsection (1), after “Secretary of State” insert “ or the Welsh Ministers ”.
(3)In subsection (2), after “Act” insert “ made by the Secretary of State ”.
(5)In subsection (4) after “thinks fit” insert “ or the Welsh Ministers think fit ”.
Disability discrimination claimsW9Right of a child to make a disability discrimination claimW(1)In section 28I of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50), in the heading, after “Tribunal” insert “ — England and Wales ”.
(2)After section 28I of that Act insert—
“28IAJurisdiction and powers of the Tribunal – Wales(1)A claim that a responsible body for a school in Wales—
(a)has discriminated against a person (“the relevant person”) in a way which is made unlawful under this Chapter, or
(b)is by virtue of section 58 to be treated as having discriminated against the relevant person in such a way,
may be made to the Welsh Tribunal by that relevant person.
(3)The relevant person's right to claim is exercisable concurrently with the right of the relevant person's parent under section 28I.
(4)If the Welsh Tribunal considers that a claim under subsection (1) is well founded—
(a)it may declare that the relevant person has been unlawfully discriminated against, and
(5)The power conferred by subsection (4)(b)—
(a)may, in particular, be exercised with a view to obviating or reducing the adverse effect on the person concerned of any matter to which the claim relates, but
(b)does not include power to order the payment of any sum by way of compensation.
(6)The exercise of rights under this section is subject to provision made by regulations under sections 28IB and 28J.”.
10Case friendsWAfter section 28IA of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) insert—
“28IBCase friends — Wales(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations provide for—
(a)a disabled child in a local education authority area in Wales to have a person to make representations on behalf of the disabled child with a view to avoiding or resolving disagreements about matters made unlawful under this chapter or to be treated as discrimination by virtue of section 58, and
(b)a relevant person (within the meaning of section 28IA) to have another person to exercise the relevant person's rights under that section on the relevant person's behalf.
(2)A person exercising rights or making representations on behalf of a disabled child or a relevant person under subsection (1) is referred to in this Part as a “case friend”.
(c)ensure that all steps and decisions taken by the case friend are for the benefit of the disabled child or relevant person and take account of the disabled child or relevant person's views.
(4)Regulations made under this section may (among other things)—
(e)specify the circumstances in which a relevant person (within the meaning of section 28IA) must have a case friend;
(5)In this section, sections 28IC, 28ID and 28IE, a disabled child means any disabled person who is a pupil (or a prospective pupil) of—
(d)a special school not maintained by a local education authority.”.
11Advice and informationWAfter section 28IB of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) insert—
“28ICAdvice and information — Wales(1)A local education authority in Wales must arrange for any disabled child in their area and for the case friend of any such child to be provided with advice and information about matters relating to disability discrimination in schools.
(a)disabled children in their area,
(b)parents of disabled children in their area,
12Resolution of disputesWAfter section 28IC of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) insert—
“28IDResolution of disputes — Wales(1)A local education authority in Wales must make arrangements with a view to avoiding or resolving disagreements between responsible bodies and disabled children in their area about matters made unlawful under this chapter or to be treated as discrimination by virtue of section 58.
(3)In making the arrangements, the authority must have regard to any guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.
(5)The authority must take such steps as they consider appropriate for making the arrangements under subsection (1) known to—
(6)The arrangements cannot affect the entitlement of any person to make a claim to the Welsh Tribunal, and the authority must take such steps as they consider appropriate to make that fact known to disabled children, to parents of disabled children and to case friends for disabled children in their area.”.
13Independent advocacy servicesWAfter section 28ID of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) insert—
“28IEIndependent advocacy services — Wales(1)Every local education authority in Wales must—
(b)refer any disabled child in their area who requests independent advocacy services to a service provider;
(c)refer any person who is a case friend for a disabled child in their area and who requests independent advocacy services to a service provider.
(2)In this section “independent advocacy services” are services providing advice and assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to a disabled child who is—
(a)making, or intending to make a claim that a responsible body—
(i)has discriminated against that child in a way which is unlawful under this Chapter, or
(ii)is by virtue of section 58 to be treated as having discriminated against that child in such a way; or
(c)taking part in or intending to take part in dispute resolution arrangements made under section 28ID.
(a)the subject of a claim to the Welsh Tribunal, or
14Tribunal ProcedureW(1)Section 28J (procedure) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)In subsection (1), for “Regulations may, with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers, make provision” substitute “ The Welsh Ministers may make provision by regulations ”.
(3)After subsection (2)(d) insert—
“(da)for adding and substituting parties.”.
(a)for “The Secretary of State may, with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers,” substitute “ The Welsh Ministers may ”,
(b)for “as he may” substitute “ as they may ”,
(c)omit the words “, with the consent of the Treasury,”.
(5)In subsection 8(a) omit “, and”.
(6)Omit subsection (8)(b).
15Role of the Welsh MinistersW(1)Section 28M (roles of the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) is amended in accordance with this section.
“(1A)If the Welsh Ministers are satisfied (whether on a complaint or otherwise) that a local education authority—
(a)has acted, or is proposing to act, unreasonably in the discharge of a duty imposed by or under sections 28IC, 28ID or 28IE, or
(b)has failed to discharge a duty imposed by or under any of those sections,
they may give that body such directions as to the discharge of the duty as appear to them to be expedient.”.
(3)In subsection (4), after “(1)” insert “ , (1A) ”.
(4)In subsection (5), omit the words “or the Welsh Tribunal”.
“(6A)Subsection (6B) applies if the Welsh Tribunal has made an order under section 28I(3) or section 28IA(4).
(6B)If the Welsh Ministers are satisfied (whether on a complaint or otherwise) that the responsible body concerned—
they may give that body such directions as to compliance with the order as appear to them to be expedient.”.
(6)In subsection (7), after “(1),” insert “ (1A), ”, delete the word “or” the first time that word appears, and after “(6)” insert “ or (6B) ”.
16Procedures for making regulationsWIn section 67 (regulations and orders) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50), after subsection (5A) insert—
“(5B)A statutory instrument containing regulations under sections 28IB, 28IC, 28ID, 28IE or 28J is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.”.
PilotingW17Piloting the rights of a child to appeal or make a claimW(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations provide for the piloting of the provisions of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) as amended by this Part for a period specified in the regulations of up to 40 months (“the pilot period”).
(c)that the rights of a person conferred by amendments made to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by this Part apply only to a body responsible for a school in specified areas;
(d)that any duty imposed on a local authority by amendments made to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by this Part applies only to specified local authorities;
18Power to make provision about appeals and claims by a childW(1)The Welsh Ministers may by order make provision about—
(b)the right of a person to make a claim to the Welsh Tribunal in respect of matters for which a parent of that person has a right to make a claim under section 28I of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
(i)a local education authority (on the one hand) and a child (on the other) about the exercise by authorities of functions under Part 4 of the Education Act 1996;
(c)to amend or repeal provisions of Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
19Interpretation of sections 17 and 18W(1)In sections 17 and 18—
“disabled child” (“plentyn anabl”) has the same meaning as in section 28IB of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
“local authorities” (“awdurdodau lleol”) means local education authorities in Wales;
“maintained nursery school” (“ysgol feithrin a gynhelir”) means a nursery school which is maintained by a local education authority and which is not a special school;
(2)The body responsible for a school is to be determined for the purposes of section 17(2)(c) and 18(1)(g)(iii) in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Future repeal and re-enactment of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995W20Powers on repeal and re-enactment of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995W(1)This section applies if Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is repealed and re-enacted (with or without modification) by an Act of Parliament.
PART 2 WMISCELLANEOUS AND GENERALAmendments to Part 7 of the Education Act 2002W21Foundation phaseW(1)The Education Act 2002 (c. 32) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)In section 97 (interpretation of Part 7)—
(a)in the definition of “assessment arrangements”, for “stage”, each time it appears, substitute “ phase ”;
(b)in the definition of “desirable outcomes”, for “foundation stage” substitute “ foundation phase ”;
(c)in the definition of “the foundation stage”, for “stage” substitute “ phase ”.
(3)In section 102 (including the heading), for “foundation stage”, each time those words appear, substitute “ foundation phase ”.
(4)In section 103, omit subsection (1)(a).
(5)In section 104 (including the heading), for “foundation stage”, each time those words appear, substitute “ foundation phase ”.
(6)In section 105 (including in the heading), omit the word “first,” each time it appears.
(7)In section 108—
(a)for “foundation stage”, each time those words appear, substitute “ foundation phase ”;
(b)in subsection (3), omit the word “first,”.
(8)In section 110 for “foundation stage”, each time those words appear, substitute “ foundation phase ”.
Amendments to the Learning and Skills Act 2000W22Local curriculum entitlements for students aged 16 to 18W(1)The Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)In section 33F(1)(a), for “ceases to be” substitute “ was not at the beginning of the entitlement period, or subsequently ceases to be, ”.
(3)For the definition of “academic year” in section 33N(1), substitute the following—
““academic year” means the period beginning on the fourth Monday of September in any year and ending on the first day of September in the following year;”.
GeneralW23Minor and consequential amendmentsWThe Schedule contains minor and consequential amendments.
24Orders and regulationsW(1)Any power of the Welsh Ministers to make an order or regulations under this Measure is exercisable by statutory instrument.
25Orders under section 18: procedureW(1)Before the Welsh Ministers make an order under section 18 they must—
26CommencementW(1)The following provisions come into force at the end of a period of two months beginning on the day on which this Measure is approved by Her Majesty in Council—
27Short titleWThis Measure may be cited as the Education (Wales) Measure 2009.
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