Statutory Instruments with Clear Reports
10 January 2021
SL(6)109 – The M48 Motorway (Eastbound and Westbound Exit Slip Roads at Junction 2 (Newhouse Roundabout), Chepstow) (40 mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2021
Procedure: Made Negative
These Regulations introduce, on safety grounds, a reduction of the maximum speed limit to 40mph on lengths of the eastbound and westbound exit slip roads of the M48 Motorway at Junction 2 (Newhouse Roundabout) in the County of Monmouthshire.
Parent Act: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Date Made: 10 December 2021
Date Laid: 13 December 2021
Coming into force date: 12 January 2022
SL(6)111 – The Equality Act 2010 (Disabled School Pupils) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Procedure: Made Negative
The purpose of this statutory instrument is to make regulations about the duties on local authorities under the Equality Act 2010 that relate to disability discrimination in schools. The regulations set out arrangements a local authority must make to provide advice and information about disability discrimination in schools to disabled pupils. They also make provision about the appointment of independent persons to facilitate the resolution of disputes about disability discrimination in schools. Finally, the regulations makes provision about the appointment of persons to provide independent advocacy services for disabled pupils.
Parent Act: Equality Act 2010
Date Made: 13 December 2021
Date Laid: 14 December 2021
Coming into force date: 5 January 2022
SL(6)113 – The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Procedure: Made Negative
The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021(“the Amendment Regulations”) amend the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”).
The 2014 Regulations set out the process local authorities and governing bodies are required to follow to federate, de-federate or dissolve a federation, set out the constitution and membership of a federated governing body, impose a cap on the number of schools which may federate, and set out the governance framework within which federated governing bodies operate and conduct their business.
Regulation 15(3) of the 2014 Regulations provides disqualification criteria for teacher governors if that person:
(a) has previously been elected as a teacher governor to the same governing body within the last two years; or
(b) is employed to work at the same federated school as any person elected as a teacher governor to that governing body within the last two years.
Regulation 16 provides the same criteria for staff governors.
These criteria provide an anomaly for federated governing bodies of two schools making it unnecessarily difficult to comply with the constitution requirements and have proper representation from each school on the governing body.
The Amendment Regulations provide that subparagraphs (a) and (b) above will not apply to federations made up of two schools, so that a person may be elected as a teacher or staff governor despite working at the same federated school as a previous teacher or staff governor who served within the past two years.
Parent Act: Education Act 2002
Date Made: 12 December 2021
Date Laid: 15 December 2021
Coming into force date: 4 February 2022