Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 541
Education, England
The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Made
29th April 2021
Laid before Parliament
4th May 2021
Coming into force
1st June 2021
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 551 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
Extent and application
2. —(1) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999
3. —(1)The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a) in paragraph (6) for the words “2010-2011 school year and the 2011-2012 school year” substitute “school years mentioned in paragraph (7)”; and
(b) after paragraph (6) insert—
“ (7) The school years are:
(a) the 2010-2011 school year;
(b) the 2011-2012 school year;
(c) the 2021-2022 school year. ” .
(3) In regulation 4—
(a) in paragraph (1) after “2010-2011” insert “or 2020-2021”; and
(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“ (3) Paragraph (1) applies—
(a) in relation to the 2010-2011 school year, to the training of teachers who teach pupils in the first or second key stages (as defined in section 82 of the Education Act 2002 ( 3 ) );
(b) in relation to the 2020-2021 school year, to the training of teachers in connection with arrangements for pupils to undergo, on the school premises, lateral flow tests capable of detecting the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). ” .
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
29th April 2021
1996 c. 56 . For the definition of “regulations” see section 579(1) of that Act. Section 551(1A) was inserted by paragraph 39 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) . Section 551(2) was amended by paragraph 166 of Schedule 30 and by Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) and by S.I. 2010/1158 . There are amendments to section 569 that are not relevant.
S.I. 1999/3181 , amended by S.I. 2001/1429 , 2007/3071 , 2010/604 , and 2011/154 . Other amending instruments are not relevant.