The Disability Discrimination (Prescribed Periods for Accessibility Strategies and Plans for Schools) (Wales) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/2531 (W.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Name, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations are called the Disability Discrimination (Prescribed Periods for Accessibility Strategies and Plans for Schools) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 8th October 2003.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Prescribed intervals for the preparation of accessibility strategies and accessibility plans

For the purposes of sub-sections (1) and (8) of section 28D of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, accessibility strategies and accessibility plans must be prepared every three years.

Section 3 Prescribed periods for accessibility strategies and accessibility plans

For the purposes of sub-sections (2) and (9) of section 28D of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the prescribed period in each case is to be a period of three years beginning on 1st April, the period of the first accessibility strategy and (subject to regulation 4) the first accessibility plan beginning on 1st April 2004.

Section 4 Prescribed periods for accessibility strategies and accessibility plans

In respect of a school established after 1st April 2004, for the purposes of sub-section (9) of section 28D of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the prescribed period for that school’s first accessibility plan is to be the period beginning on the date the school is established and ending on the date on which the current accessibility plan for the school would have ended had the school been established on or before 1st April 2004.