The Education (Notification of School Term Dates) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Made: 12 May 2014

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 15 May 2014

Coming into force: 15 July 2014

The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 32A and 210 of the Education Act 2002 make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Notification of School Term Dates) (Wales) Regulations 2014 and they come into force on 15 July 2014.

• (2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002;

• “complete notice” (“hysbysiad cyflawn”) means a notice setting out all the term dates determined for all schools in its area and sent to the Welsh Ministers by a local authority pursuant to its duty in section 32A(5) of the 2002 Act;

• “partial notice” (“hysbysiad rhannol”) means a notice setting out the term dates determined for some but not all of the schools in its area and sent to the Welsh Ministers by a local authority pursuant to its duty in section 32A(5) of the 2002 Act;

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday for purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .

Form and content of notifications

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• (1) Every complete notice and every partial notice must contain the information and be in the form set out in the Schedule.

• (2) A complete notice or a partial notice may be completed and sent electronically.

Period in which notification must be given

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a local authority must notify the Welsh Ministers of all term dates which have been determined for the maintained schools in its area no later than the final working day in August in the year two years immediately preceding the beginning of the first school year for which the term dates have been determined.

• (2) For the school year 2022-2023, a local authority must notify the Welsh Ministers of all term dates which have been determined for the maintained schools in its area for that school year no later than 31 December 2020.

SCHEDULE 1 — Form of notice

Signed

Huw Lewis — Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers — 2014-05-12

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 c. 32. Section 32A was inserted by section 42 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5). Section 210(7) was amended by section 21(3)(c)(i) and (ii) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2). The function of the National Assembly for Wales under section 210 was transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00002]: 1971 c. 80.

Editorial notes

[^c22111811]: 2002 c. 32. Section 32A was inserted by section 42 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5). Section 210(7) was amended by section 21(3)(c)(i) and (ii) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2). The function of the National Assembly for Wales under section 210 was transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^c22111821]: 1971 c. 80.

[^key-304daa4e469619303ed54293b7094011]: Reg. 4(1): reg. 4 renumbered as reg. 4(1) (16.7.2020) by The Education (Notification of School Term Dates) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/622), regs. 1, 2(a)

[^key-9f3c99047c02ec2891d2379d7c34db05]: Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (16.7.2020) by The Education (Notification of School Term Dates) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/622), regs. 1, 2(b)

[^key-83975f6f1e9f90c6267515c887cb48d2]: Reg. 4(2) inserted (16.7.2020) by The Education (Notification of School Term Dates) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/622), regs. 1, 2(c)