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The Education (Deemed Decisions) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020

S.S.I. 2020/149 · Made 14 May 2020

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Education

Made at 9.30 a.m. on 14th May 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament at 12.30 p.m. on 14th May 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28D(3)(b) and 28H(5)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c.44. Sections 28D and 28H of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 were inserted by section 1(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.58). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Deemed decision of education appeal committee
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Deemed Decisions) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

2Deemed decision of education appeal committee

In regulation 5(1) of the Education (Placing in Schools Etc-Deemed Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1982f1 (deemed decision of appeal committee)—

(a)

for subparagraph (a), substitute—

“(a)

failed to hold a hearing within the period of 4 months immediately following receipt by them of the reference;”,

(b)

in the full-out, omit “1 month,”.

Signature

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

At 9.30 a.m. on 14th May 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Placing in Schools Etc-Deemed Decisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1982 in relation to the time period after which the failure of an education appeal committee to hold a hearing is treated as a deemed decision. The changes made by these Regulations are necessary as a result of disruption caused by coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)).