# Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, Section 5: Procedure for making the code


(1) Before issuing or revising a code under section 4, the Welsh Ministers must consult the following persons on a draft of the code—
(a) each local authority;
(b) the governing body of each maintained school in Wales;
(c) the governing body of each institution in the further education sector in Wales;
(d) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;
(da) the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;
(e) the Children's Commissioner for Wales;
(f) the Welsh Language Commissioner;
(g) the relevant committee of the National Assembly for Wales with remit for the education of children and young persons;
(h) any other person the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
(2) If the Welsh Ministers wish to proceed with the draft (with or without modifications) they must lay a copy of the draft before the National Assembly for Wales.
(3) The Welsh Ministers must not issue a code unless a draft of it is approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
(4) If the National Assembly for Wales resolves to approve a draft of the code—
(a) the Welsh Ministers must issue the code in the form of the draft, and
(b) the code comes into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument.
(5) An order under subsection (4)(b) may—
(a) appoint different days for different purposes;
(b) make transitory, transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of a provision in the code.
(6) References in this section to a code include a revised code.
(7) The requirement to consult imposed by subsection (1) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before the coming into force of this Part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2018/2/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-learning-needs-and-education-tribunal-wales-act-2018/section-5
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