The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/1407 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 1407
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2015
23rdJune2015
26thJune2015
21stJuly2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 1996( 1).
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into force on 21st July 2015.
Amendment to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014
2. In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014( 2), insert the entry set out in the following table in the appropriate columns, after the entry for Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills-
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First Column Persons and descriptions of people |
Second Column Description of matters |
Secretary of State for Education. |
Matters relating to the following educational institutions in England- |
(a) a maintained school (as defined in section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 3)); |
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(b) a maintained nursery school (as defined in section 22(9) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 4)); |
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(c) an independent educational institution (as defined in section 92(1) of the Education and Skills Act 2008( 5)( 6)) entered on a register of independent educational institutions kept under section 95 of the Education and Skills Act 2008; |
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(d) a school approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996( 7) (non-maintained special schools); |
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(e) a pupil referral unit (as defined in section 19(2B) of the Education Act 1996( 8)); |
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(f) an alternative provision Academy (as defined in section 1C(3) of the Academies Act 2010( 9)); |
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(g) a 16-19 Academy (as defined in section 1B(3) of the Academies Act 2010( 10)); |
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(h) a sixth form college (as defined in section 91(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992( 11)); |
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(i) a special post-16 institution (as defined in section 83(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014). |
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John Nash Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education |
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23rd June 2015 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014 ("the 2014 Schedule" and the "2014 Order").
Part IVA (Protected Disclosures) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act") provides protection for workers who suffer a detriment or are dismissed as a result of blowing the whistle by making a qualifying disclosure in accordance with any of sections...
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