The Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2012
Welsh Statutory Instrument 2012 No. 322 — creates 6 criminal offences.
- Made
- 8 February 2012
- In force from
- 6 March 2012
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Education, social security, pensions and public services
- Made under
- Education Act 1996, Schedule 17 to the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 7 to the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations set out the procedure to be followed in proceedings before the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales. These Regulations make provision relating to the exercise of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction under Part 4 of the Education Act 1996 which concerns special educational needs appeals and Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Equality Act 2010 which concerns claims of disability discrimination in respect of school pupils. Part A contains general provisions which include revocations, savings and transitional provisions. It also makes provision in relation to the Tribunal’s constitution. Part B makes provision about commencing proceedings, case preparation, hearings, Tribunal decisions, and reviews and appeals against Tribunal decisions. It also makes provision about Tribunal orders, the time limits within which local authorities must comply with such orders and the time limits within which local authorities must take specified action following their concession of certain appeals to the Tribunal. Part C makes provision in relation to appellants or claimants who are children. It sets out the procedure to be followed and the provisions that must be met for a person to act as the child’s case friend. Part D contains miscellaneous provisions which apply to proceedings before the Tribunal.
Offences created by this instrument
- Disclosure of documents and other material regulation 35(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Disclosure of documents and other material regulation 35(5)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Disclosure of documents and other material regulation 35(5)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Summoning a witness regulation 48(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Summoning a witness regulation 48(7)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Summoning a witness regulation 48(7)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
What Parliament said about it
Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Wales Bill
Lords · Lords Chamber · 23 November 2016
119P: Schedule 5, page 119, line 24, at end insert— “The Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/ 322 (W.53)) 83AA In the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2012 omit regulation 28 (general powers).”
How Parliament handled it
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- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 2012