Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1367
education, england
The School Travel (Pupils with Dual Registration) (England) Regulations 2007
Made
27th April 2007
Laid before Parliament
9th May 2007
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 508B(11) of, and paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 35C to, the Education Act 1996( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as The School Travel (Pupils with Dual Registration) (England) Regulations 2007.
(2) These Regulations come into force—
(a) in relation to the modification of the application of paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 35C to the Education Act 1996, on 1st June 2007, and
(b) in relation to the modification of the application of section 508B(1) and (2) of that Act, on 1st September 2007.
(3) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
Modification of the application of the Education Act 1996
2. —(1) This regulationmodifies the application of section 508B (1) and (2) of, and paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 35C to, the Education Act 1996 in respect of children who are registered pupils at more than one educational establishment.
(2) Where a child is registered at—
(a) two qualifying schools other than pupil referral units, or
(b) in the case of a child who has no fixed abode, two or more qualifying schools other than pupil referral units,
the relevant educational establishment in relation to him is whichever of the schools he is attending at the relevant time.
(3) Where a child has no fixed abode “home to school travel arrangements” means travel from wherever the child is residing at the relevant time to the nearest qualifying school at which he is registered, so far as is reasonably practicable.
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3)—
(a) “qualifying school” has the meaning given in paragraph 15(2) and (3) of Schedule 35B to the Education Act 1996( 2 ),
(b) the “relevant time” means any school day on which travel arrangements are required, and
(c) a child has no fixed abode if he falls within regulation 9(1)(a) of the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006( 3 ).
Andrew Adonis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Education and Skills
27th April 2007
1996 c.56 ; section 508B and Schedule 35C are inserted by sections 77 and 78 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40) which came into force on 1 st April 2007. (The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 ( S.I. 2007/935 ).) See section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
Schedule 35B is to be inserted by section 77(2) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which is not yet in force.