# The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022, Paragraph 17: Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

Extent: E+W

(1) The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 91 (regulations about the avoidance of disruption in education)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) after “concerning a” insert “relevant”;
(ii) omit “if he or she is in the fourth key stage”;
(b) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) In subsection (1), a “relevant child” means a child who—
(a) is a pupil at a maintained school,
(b) has completed the school year in which the majority of pupils in the child’s class attained the age of 14, and
(c) is still of compulsory school age.”;
(c) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) In subsection (1A)—
(a) “pupil”, “school year” and “compulsory school age” have the meaning given by the Education Act 1996;
(b) “maintained school” has the meaning given by section 79 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;
(c) “the child’s class” means—
(i) the teaching group in which the child is regularly taught at school, or
(ii) where there are two or more such groups, the group designated by the head teacher of the child’s school.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/744/schedule/2/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/curriculum-and-assessment-wales-act-2021-consequential-amendments-primary-legislation-regulations-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-17
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