The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/48 (W.)
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 9 February 2009.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

For regulation 12 of the Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) Regulations 1999 , substitute the following —

Religious Education

(12) Arrangements must be made to ensure that, so far as practicable, every pupil attending a maintained special school —

(a) receives religious education unless withdrawn from receiving such education in accordance with the wishes of the pupil’s parent; and

(b) attends religious worship unless withdrawn from attendance at such worship —

(i) in the case of a sixth-form pupil, in accordance with the pupil’s own wishes; and

(ii) in any other case, in accordance with the wishes of the pupil’s parent.