Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 2072
EDUCATION ENGLAND
Education (Special Educational Needs) (Approval of Independent Schools) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002
Made
6th August 2002
Laid before Parliament
7th August 2002
Coming into force
28th August 2002
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 347(2) and 569(4) and (5) of the Education Act 1996( 1 ), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Special Educational Needs) (Approval of Independent Schools) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 28th August 2002.
(2) These Regulations shall apply only in relation to England.
(3) In these Regulations a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Special Educational Needs) (Approval of Independent Schools) Regulations 1994( 2 ).
Amendment to regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
2. The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:
In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, after the definition of “child with a statement” there shall be inserted the following new definition—
“city college” means an Academy, city technology college or city college for the technology of the arts( 3 );
New Regulation 2A of the principal Regulations
3. After regulation 2 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted—
“ City Colleges
2A These Regulations shall not apply to any independent school which is a city college. ”
David Miliband
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
6th August 2002
1996 c. 56 ; by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ) the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.
S.I. 1994/651 , amended by S.I. 1998/417 . The principal Regulations remain in force by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 39 to the Education Act 1996.
Established and maintained under section 482 of the Education Act 1996, substituted by section 65 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) .