The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

JurisdictionWales
CitationSI 2009/48 (W16)
Year2009

2009 No. 48 (W.16)

EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made 16th January 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 19th January 2009

Coming into force 9th February 2009

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 71(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981and now vested in them2, make the following Regulations:

S-1 Title, commencement and application

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 9 February 2009.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

S-2 Amendment of Regulations

Amendment of Regulations

2. For regulation 12 of the Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) Regulations 19993, substitute the following —

S-12

Religious Education

12. Arrangements must be made to ensure that, so far as practicable, every pupil attending a maintained special school —

(a) receives religious education unless withdrawn from receiving such education in accordance with the wishes of the pupil’s parent; and

(b) attends religious worship unless withdrawn from attendance at such worship —

(i) in the case of a sixth-form pupil, in accordance with the pupil’s own wishes; and

(ii) in any other case, in accordance with the wishes of the...

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