Deregulation (Length of the School Day) Order 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/951 |
| Year | 1996 |
1996 No. 951
DEREGULATION
The Deregulation (Length of the School Day) Order 1996
Made 22th March 1996
Coming into force 5th April 1996
Whereas:
(a) the Secretary of State for Education and Employment and the Secretary of State for Wales (“the Secretaries of State”) are of the opinion that certain provisions of the Education (No. 2) Act 19861require the imposition of burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions concerned and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens so imposed without removing any necessary protection;
(b) the Secretaries of State have consulted such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by their proposals and such other persons as they consider appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Secretaries of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out their proposals has been laid before Parliament as required by section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19942and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;
(e) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in respect of England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, in respect of Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby make the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Length of the School Day) Order 1996 and shall come into force 14 days after the day on which it is made.
(2) Expressions used in this Order shall have the same meaning as in the Education (No. 2) Act 19863.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, subsections (2) and (3) (which relate to sessions for county, controlled and maintained special schools) of section 21 of the Education (No. 2) Act 19864are hereby repealed.
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not have effect in relation to the said subsection (2) as applied by regulation 2 of the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) Regulations 19945.
3.—(1) The governing body of every county, controlled and maintained special school shall determine the times at which the school session or, if there is more than one, each school session is to begin and end on any day.
(2) Where the governing body propose to make any change in those times, they shall—
(a)
(a) consult the local education authority and the head teacher before taking any of the actions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (b) to (h) below;
(b)
(b) prepare a statement—
(i) indicating that they propose to make a change in those times;
(ii) specifying the proposed change and when they propose that it should take effect;
(iii) drawing attention to any comment on the proposal included as an annex to the statement by virtue of sub-paragraph (c) below and including such response to the comment as they may consider appropriate; and
(iv) giving details of the date, time and place of the meeting which they are required to hold by virtue of sub-paragraph (f) below;
(c)
(c) if so required by the local education authority, include as an annex to that statement such written comment on the...
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