# The Single Education Plan (Wales) Regulations 2006, Regulation 6: Consultation


(1) This regulation prescribes the consultation which each authority are required to carry out in drawing up their Single Education Plan.
(2) The following must be consulted on the plan in draft—
(a) the National Assembly;
(b) the head teacher and the governing body of every school maintained by the authority;
(c) in relation to every pupil referral unit maintained by the authority—
(i) the teacher in charge, and
(ii) where Regulations under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act require the authority to establish a management committee for that unit, that committee;
(d) the appropriate diocesan authority for any Church in Wales school or Roman Catholic school maintained by the authority;
(e) the Welsh Language Board (within the meaning of section 1 of the Welsh Language Act 1993);
(f) Local Health Boards (within the meaning of section 16BA of the National Health Service Act 1977);
(g) NHS Trusts (within the meaning of section 5 of National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990);
(h) the Young People’s Partnership;
(i) the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (within the meaning of section 119 of the 1998 Act);
(j) the Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (within the meaning of section 390 of the 1996 Act);
(k) Youth Offending Teams (within the meaning of section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998);
(l) Community Safety Partnerships;
(m) Children and Young People’s Partnership; and
(n) such other persons or bodies as appear to the authority to be appropriate.
(3) In the case of the bodies referred to in sub- paragraphs (f) to (m) of paragraph (2) only bodies which cover the whole or any part of the authority’s area are to be consulted.
(4) The authority must consult on the draft plan for a period of not less than eight weeks.
(5) The authority must carry out the consultation by sending to every consultee a draft of the plan inviting comments on it within a specified period.
(6) The requirement in paragraph (5) to send a draft of the plan to consultees may be satisfied by sending copies by electronic mail.
(7) For the purposes of this regulation “Single Education Plan” does not include the Supporting Information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/877/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/single-education-plan-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-6
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