PART 3SCHOOL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 1SCHOOL ORGANISATION CODE
38School Organisation Code
1
The Welsh Ministers must issue, and may from time to time revise, a code on school organisation (“the Code”).
2
The Code is to contain provision about the exercise of the functions of the following persons under this Part—
a
the Welsh Ministers;
b
local authorities;
c
governing bodies of maintained schools;
d
other persons in connection with proposals made (or to be made) by them under this Part.
3
The Code may impose requirements, and may include guidelines setting out aims, objectives and other matters.
4
The persons referred to in subsection (2) must, when exercising functions under this Part—
a
act in accordance with any relevant requirements contained in the Code, and
b
have regard to any relevant guidelines contained in it.
5
The duty imposed by subsection (4) also applies to a person exercising a function for the purpose of the discharge of functions under this Part by—
a
the Welsh Ministers,
b
a local authority,
c
the governing body of a maintained school, or
d
other persons in connection with proposals made (or to be made) by them under this Part.
6
The Welsh Ministers must publish the Code for the time being in force on their website.
7
The Welsh Ministers may make separate provision (by means of separate codes) in relation to different functions under this Part of the persons mentioned in subsection (2).
8
References in this section to “the Code” or to functions under this Part have effect, in relation to a separate code, as references to that code or to functions under this Part to which it relates.