Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 157 (W.23)

The Special Educational Needs (Provision of Information by Local Education Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2002

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"health authority" ("awdurdod iechyd") has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 1977[3];

"social services authority" ("awdurdod gwasanaethau cymdeithasol") means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970[4] acting in the discharge of such functions as are referred to in section 1A of that Act; and

"statement" ("datganiad") means a statement of special educational needs made under section 324 of the Education Act 1996.

    (3) These Regulations apply only in relation to Wales.

    (4) Nothing in these Regulations applies in relation to - 

(a) nursery schools, or

(b) children under compulsory school age.

Publication of information
     2. A local education authority shall - 

(a) publish information about the matters set out in the Schedule to these Regulations in accordance with regulation 3(1), (2) and (3);

(b) keep that information under review; and

(c) where there is a significant change in any of that information, revise the information accordingly and publish the revised information in accordance with regulation 3(4).

Manner of publication of information
     3.  - (1) The local education authority shall publish the information referred to in regulation 2(a) by - 

(a) providing a written copy of the information to any health authority or social services authority which in the opinion of the local education authority has an interest in that information by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority;

(b) making the information available on any website which the authority may maintain on the Internet;

(c) providing a written copy of the information to the maintained schools in the authority's area by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority; and

(d) providing a written copy of the information to any person on request by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority.

    (2) The information about the matters set out in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be published on or before 30th April 2002.

    (3) The information about the matters set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be published on or before 31st July 2002.

    (4) Any information to be published pursuant to regulation 2(c) shall be published by the local education authority as soon as reasonably practicable after a revision has been made, by - 

(a) providing the revised information to a health authority or social services authority previously provided with information by the local education authority pursuant to regulation 3(1)(a) by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority;

(b) updating any website maintained by the authority on the Internet to display the revised information;

(c) notifying the maintained schools in the authority's area of the revisions by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority; and

(d) providing the revised information to any person on request by post, by electronic communication or by any other means agreed with the authority.

    (5) Information published in accordance with this regulation shall be published free of charge.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[5]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

29th January 2002

[2] See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

[3] 1977 c.49; amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17) and the Health Act 1999 (c.32).back

[4] 1970 c.42; section 1A was inserted by the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), section 102(3).back

[5] 1998 c.38.back