Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1407
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2015
Made
23rd June 2015
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2015
Coming into force
21st July 2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 1996( 1 ).
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into force on 21st July 2015.
Amendment to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014
2. In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014( 2 ), insert the entry set out in the following table in the appropriate columns, after the entry for Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills—
First Column Persons and descriptions of people | Second Column Description of matters |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Education. | Matters relating to the following educational institutions in England— |
| (a) a maintained school (as defined in section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 3 )); | |
| (b) a maintained nursery school (as defined in section 22(9) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 4 )); | |
| (c) an independent educational institution (as defined in section 92(1) of the Education and Skills Act 2008( 5 )( 6 )) entered on a register of independent educational institutions kept under section 95 of the Education and Skills Act 2008; | |
| (d) a school approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996( 7 ) (non-maintained special schools); | |
| (e) a pupil referral unit (as defined in section 19(2B) of the Education Act 1996( 8 )); | |
| (f) an alternative provision Academy (as defined in section 1C(3) of the Academies Act 2010( 9 )); | |
| (g) a 16-19 Academy (as defined in section 1B(3) of the Academies Act 2010( 10 )); | |
| (h) a sixth form college (as defined in section 91(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992( 11 )); | |
| (i) a special post-16 institution (as defined in section 83(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014). |
John Nash
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Education
23rd June 2015
1996 c. 18 . Section 43F was inserted by section 1 of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (c. 23) . Section 43F(1)(a) was amended by section 18(1)(c) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24) .
S.I. 2014/2418 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
Section 22(9) was amended by Schedule 2, paragraphs 10(1) and (2) of Part 1, S.I. 2010/1158 .
An Academy school is an independent school (section 1A of the Academies Act 2010 as inserted by section 53(7) of the Academies Act 2011 (c. 21) ).
1996 c. 56 . Section 342 was substituted by Schedule 30, paragraph 82 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Section 342(1) was amended by section 142(2), (3)(a), (3)(b) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Education and Skills Act 2008 and by Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 37 of Part 1 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6) . Section 342(5) was amended by section 142(2), (4) of the Education and Skills Act 2008. Section 342(5A) and (5B) was inserted by section 143(1), (2) of the Education and Skills Act 2008. There is an amendment to section 342(6) that is not relevant for this Order.
Section 19(2B) was inserted by regulation 2 of S.I. 2007/1507 and was amended by Schedule 2, paragraph 7(1), (2) of Part 1of S.I. 2010/1158 .
2010 c. 32 . Section 1C was inserted by section 53(7) of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21) .
Section 1B was inserted by section 53(7) of the Education Act 2011.
1992 c. 13 . Section 91(3A) was inserted by Schedule 8, paragraphs 1, 13(1), (3) of the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) .