Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

Statutory Instruments with Clear Reports

30 June 2014

CLA414 - The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2006 (“the 2006 Regulations”) make provision for the staffing of maintained schools. These Regulations amend the provisions of the 2006 Regulations that provide for allegations of a child protection nature against members of a school staff to be independently investigated.

The 2006 Regulations makes provision in connection with the appointment of head teachers and deputy head teachers in community, voluntary controlled, community special and maintained nursery schools. Similarly the 2006 Regulations makes provision in connection with the appointment of head teachers and deputy head teachers in foundation, voluntary aided and foundation special schools. These Regulations amend those provisions to reflect the coming into force of the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014 (“the Federation Regulations”).

The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) that make provision in relation to the constitution and procedures of governing bodies. The present Regulations amend Regulation 55 of the 2005 Regulations that relates to certain disciplinary functions of governing bodies.

CLA415– The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Procedure: Negative

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989. The amendment provides an exemption from charges in respect of treatment the need for which arose whilst a person is in Wales as :-

a member of the Commonwealth Games Family during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow between 19 July and 7 August 2014;
part of the IPC Athletics European Championships Family during the International Paralympic Committee European Athletics Championships in Swansea between 14 and 27 August 2014; and
a NATO delegate or accredited person attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit between 2 and 6 September 2014.

The expressions “Commonwealth Games Family”, “IPC Athletics European Championships Family” and “NATO delegate or accredited person” are defined in regulations 1, 2 and 3 respectively.