{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/religious-character-of-schools-designation-procedure-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/religious-character-of-schools-designation-procedure-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2016/1144",
  "legislation_title": "The Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/religious-character-of-schools-designation-procedure-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Changes in designations and statements",
  "text": "(1) Where the Welsh Ministers are at any time of the opinion—\n(a) that a school has been incorrectly designated or not designated; or\n(b) that the statement as to the relevant religion or religious denomination is incorrect\nthey must amend the order in question or make another order as they consider appropriate.\n(2) Before making an order in accordance with paragraph (1) the Welsh Ministers must consult—\n(a) the governing body and any trustees of the school; and\n(b) such religious bodies set out in Schedule 1 as they consider appropriate.\n(3) In so far as the Welsh Ministers make an order under section 68A(1) of the 1998 Act which—\n(a) does not change the designation of a school, or the statement as to the relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to that school, made in a previous order (other than a provisional designation or statement); or\n(b) removes an entry on the discontinuance of the school,\nthey need undertake no consultation in relation to that particular designation or statement before making such an order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 12(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (No. 1) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/666), regs. 1(2), 12(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.1.2017, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/1144/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:34.230123+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}