Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 1095
Constitutional Law
Education, Wales
The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Schedule 9A – Devolved Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2023
Made
11th October 2023
Laid before Parliament
18th October 2023
Coming into force
7th November 2023
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of October 2023
Present,
The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006( 1 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Schedule 9A – Devolved Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2023.
(2) This Order comes into force on 7 November 2023.
(3) In this Order, “ the 2006 Act ” means the Government of Wales Act 2006 .
Amendment of Schedule 9A to the 2006 Act
2. In Schedule 9A to the 2006 Act (devolved Welsh authorities)—
(a) omit—
“The Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales or Tribiwnlys Anghenion Addysgol Arbennig Cymru.”;
(b) after the entry for a county council, county borough council or community council in Wales insert—
“ The Education Tribunal for Wales or Tribiwnlys Addysg Cymru. ” ( 2 ).
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
2006 c. 32 . Section 157A was inserted by section 4(1) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) , and amended by paragraph 2(19) of Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1) and section 45(3) of the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22) .
Section 91(1) of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw. 2) continues the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales and renames it the Education Tribunal for Wales. Section 91 was commenced for the purposes of making regulations by article 3(1)(l) of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 1182 (W. 267) (C. 33) ) and for those purposes section 91 came into force on 2 November 2020. For all remaining purposes section 91 came into force on 1 September 2021, in accordance with article 8(h) of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2021 ( S.I. No. 373 (W. 116) (C. 12) ).