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The Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

S.I. 2007/2050 · Made 17 July 2007

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 17th July 2007

Laid before Parliament 25th July 2007

Coming into force 1st September 2007

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 537A(4), (5) and (6) and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Citation, commencement and application
  3. 3Amendment
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st September 2007.

2Citation, commencement and application

These Regulations apply to individual pupil information relating to pupils at schools in England only.

3Amendment

(1)

Regulation 3 (Prescribed persons) of the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 1999f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

in paragraph (4)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (b), omit the word “General”;

(b)

after “(n) the Welsh Joint Education Committee” insert the following—

“(o)

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions;

(p)

the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills;

(q)

the Student Loan Company Limited;

(r)

the University and Colleges Admissions Servicef2;

(s)

the Higher Education Statistics Agencyf3;

(t)

Ufi Limitedf4;

(u)

any person with whom the Secretary of State has made arrangements under section 114(2) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000f5;

(u)

any person who, either alone or jointly with others, awards or authenticates any qualification accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authorityf6.”.

(3)

for paragraph (5) substitute the following paragraph—

“(5)

The categories referred to in paragraphs (1)(b), (2)(b) and (2A)(b) are—

(a)

institutions within the further education sector;

(b)

Primary Care Trustsf7;

(c)

work-based learning providers;

(d)

persons conducting research into the educational achievements of pupils and who require individual pupil information for that purpose;

(e)

learning providers registered with the UK Register of Learning Providersf8;

(f)

institutions within the higher education sector.”.

Signature

Jim Knight

Minister of State

Department for Children, Schools and Families

17th July 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 1999 so as to include as prescribed persons those listed in regulation 4(1) and to include as categories of prescribed persons those listed in regulation 4(2). These prescriptions are for the purposes of providing and receiving information on individual pupils.

Regulation 3(2)(a) makes a consequential amendment on the name change of the Joint Council for General Qualifications to the Joint Council for Qualifications.