Article 7 Amendment to the Education (National Curriculum) (Temporary Exceptions for Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000

(1)

The Education (National Curriculum) (Temporary Exceptions for Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(3) (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “the 1996 Act” insert the following definition—

“the 2014 Act” means the Children and Families Act 2014”; and

(b)

in the definition of “responsible authority” for “Part IV of the 1996 Act” substitute “Part III of the 2014 Act”.

(3)

In regulation 3(2) (cases and circumstances in which directions may be given)—

(a)

for “section 323 of the 1996 Act” substitute “section 36 of the 2014 Act”; and

(b)

for “a statement of special education needs” substitute “an EHC plan”.

(4)

For regulation 4(3)(b)(i) (general and special directions) substitute —

“(i)
a period ending when an EHC plan is maintained by the local authority in respect of a pupil under section 37 of the 2014 Act or, as the case may be, where an existing EHC plan is amended under paragraph 44(7)(c) of the 2014 Act;”.

(5)

In regulation 10(1) (further directions)—

(a)

for the words “a statement of special educational needs” each time they occur, substitute “an EHC plan”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “statement”, at the end, substitute “plan”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “section 325 of the 1996 Act” substitute “section 51(2)(b) of the 2014 Act”; and

(d)

in sub-paragraph (c) for “section 326 of the 1996 Act” substitute “section 51(2)(c) of the 2014 Act”.

(6)

In regulation 10(2), for “statement for special educational needs” substitute “EHC plan”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2000/2121, amended by S.I. 2010/1172.