The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2021/14 |
| Year | 2021 |
2021 No. 14
Education, England
The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Made 6th January 2021
Laid before Parliament 8th January 2021
Coming into force 31th January 2021
The Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(5) and (5A), 95(3) and (3A) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 31st January 2021.
Amendment to the School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
2.—(1) The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 20202are amended as follows.
(2) In each of regulations 2, 3(2) and 5 for “31st January 2021” substitute “30th September 2021”.
(3) In regulation 5 for “1st February 2021” substitute “1st October 2021”.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
6th January 2021
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (“the 2020 Amendment Regulations”).
The 2020 Amendment Regulations amended the School Admissions (Appeals Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”) for a temporary period. Where it was not reasonably practicable for certain existing constitutional and procedural requirements relating to school admissions appeals to be complied with for a reason related to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus, other more flexible constitutional and procedural requirements were made available. Provision was made for various timelines to apply in respect of appeals to ensure that reasonable timelines could be set during the period of operation of the 2020 Amendment Regulations.
Regulation 2 extends the duration of the operation of the 2020 Amendment Regulations, by:
amending regulation 2 of the 2020 Amendment Regulations by substituting a new expiry date for appeals lodged so that the 2020 Amendment Regulations apply to appeals lodged on or after 24th April 2020, but on or before...
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