PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS
CHAPTER 1KEY TERMS, CODE AND PARTICIPATION
Code of practice
5Procedure for making the code
(1)
Before issuing or revising a code under section 4, the Welsh Ministers must consult the following persons on a draft of the code—
(a)
each local authority;
(b)
the governing body of each maintained school in Wales;
(c)
the governing body of each institution in the further education sector in Wales;
(d)
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;
(e)
the Children’s Commissioner for Wales;
(f)
the Welsh Language Commissioner;
(g)
the relevant committee of the National Assembly for Wales with remit for the education of children and young persons;
(h)
any other person the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
(2)
If the Welsh Ministers wish to proceed with the draft (with or without modifications) they must lay a copy of the draft before the National Assembly for Wales.
(3)
The Welsh Ministers must not issue a code unless a draft of it is approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
(4)
If the National Assembly for Wales resolves to approve a draft of the code—
(a)
the Welsh Ministers must issue the code in the form of the draft, and
(b)
the code comes into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument.
(5)
An order under subsection (4)(b) may—
(a)
appoint different days for different purposes;
(b)
make transitory, transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of a provision in the code.
(6)
References in this section to a code include a revised code.
(7)
The requirement to consult imposed by subsection (1) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before the coming into force of this Part.