(1) This Order may be cited as the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (Commencement No 2) (Wales) Order 2003.
(2) This Order applies only in relation to Wales.
(3) In this Order, unless otherwise stated, references to sections are references to sections of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001.
Date made: 1 October 2003: (no specific commencement provision).
The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in the Schedule to this Order is 8th October 2003.
Date made: 1 October 2003: (no specific commencement provision).
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998
D Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
1st October 2003
| PROVISION | SUBJECT MATTER | ||
| Section 14 | Accessibility strategies and plans | ||
| Section 15 | Accessibility strategies and plans: procedure | ||
| Section 22 (in so far as it gives the National Assembly power to give directions under section 28M(1) or (3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 or makes provision in relation to such a direction) | Roles of the Secretary of State and the National Assembly | ||
Date made: 1 October 2003: (no specific commencement provision).
This Order brings into force in Wales on 8th October 2003 the remaining provisions of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 which are not in force in Wales at the date of this Order, so that no further Order is required in relation to Wales.
The provisions being brought into force enable the National Assembly for Wales to make regulations and issue guidance in relation to accessibility strategies and plans, under the provisions of Part 2 of the Act (disability discrimination in education).
The provisions also enable the National Assembly for Wales to give local education authorities directions as to the discharge of their duties relating to accessibility strategies and plans or to make provision in relation to such directions.
