Explanatory note

These Regulations prescribe the circumstances in which an admission authority may vary the admission arrangements they have determined for a particular school year (in addition to the circumstances set out in section 89(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ("SSFA 1998")) .

Regulation 3 provides that an admission authority may, without further procedures or approval from the Welsh Ministers, vary the admission arrangements that they have determined for any relevant age group where such a variation is necessary to give effect to the School Admissions Code; the implementation of approved proposals; or a correction to any omission or misprint in the admission arrangements.

In those circumstances, the procedures for changing admission arrangements in section 89(5) to (7) of the SSFA 1998 do not apply.

No regulatory impact assessment has been carried out for this instrument as it has no significant impact on the costs of business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.