Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision for education authorities to take action in connection with changes which occur or are likely to occur in the school education of children and young persons who have additional support needs.

Regulation 2 specifies those changes in school education which will require education authorities to take action in relation to such children and young persons.

Regulation 3 requires education authorities, within specified periods, to seek advice and information from appropriate agencies, to assist education authorities in relation to establishing the additional support needs of the children or young persons, determining what provision to make for additional support, or considering the adequacy of such support. Education authorities are required then to take account of such advice and information, together with, where appropriate, the views of the child, the child’s parent, and the young person in making arrangements for those children and young persons before the change in school education takes place.

Regulation 4 requires education authorities, within specified periods, to consider what agencies might require information in order to make arrangements for provision of additional support, and to provide them with such information. The information itself is as specified in Regulation 4. Disclosure is subject to conditions, including conditions relating to consent being obtained from the parent of the child or young person, or from the young person.