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The Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

S.I. 2013/1193 · Made 20 May 2013

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Education, England

Made 20th May 2013

Laid before Parliament 29th May 2013

Coming into force 28th June 2013

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

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56. Section 537A was inserted by section 20 of the Education Act 1997 (c.44) and substituted by section 140(1) of, and paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 to, the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31). See section 579 of the Education Act 1996 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 28th June 2013.

2Amendment of the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009

(1)

The Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (prescribed persons)—

(a)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

omit sub-paragraph (q),

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (v), insert—

“(w)

where a school is designated under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998f2 as having a religious character—

(i)

in the case of a school designated as Church of England or Roman Catholic, the appropriate diocesan authorityf3,

(ii)

in the case of a school designated as Jewish, the Jewish Studies Education Inspection Service,

(iii)

in the case of a school designated as Methodist, the Education Secretary to the Methodist Church,

(iv)

in the case of a school designated as Muslim, the Association of Muslim Schools,

(v)

in the case of a school designated as Sikh, the Network of Sikh Organisations,

(vi)

in the case of a school designated as Seventh Day Adventist, the Education Department of the British Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists.”

(b)

in paragraph (6) for sub-paragraph (d), substitute—

“(d)

persons who, for the purpose of promoting the education or well-being of children in England are—

(i)

conducting research or analysis,

(ii)

producing statistics, or

(iii)

providing information, advice or guidance,

and who require individual pupil information for that purposef4;”.

Signature

Michael Gove

Secretary of State

Department for Education

20th May 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to regulation 3 of the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”), and come into force on 28th June 2013.

Regulation 3 of the 2009 Regulations prescribes persons and categories of person to whom individual pupil information may be provided. It is amended to omit the reference to the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta); to prescribe various bodies in respect of schools designated as having a religious character; and to prescribe a category of person carrying out specified activities and who require individual pupil information for the purpose of promoting the education or well-being of children in England.

No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument because no significant impact on business, civil society organisations or the public sector is foreseen.