School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw1)

PART 3 E+W SCHOOL ORGANISATION

CHAPTER 6 E+W MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

82 Transitional exemption orders for purposes of Equality Act 2010 E+W

(1) This section applies to proposals for a school to cease to be a single-sex school.

(2) The making of such proposals under section 59, 68 or 71 is to be treated as an application by the responsible body to the Welsh Ministers for a transitional exemption order under the 2010 Act, and the Welsh Ministers may make such an order accordingly.

(3) In this section—

• “the 2010 Act” (“Deddf 2010”) means the Equality Act 2010;

• “make” (“gwneud”), in relation to a transitional exemption order, includes vary or revoke;

• “the responsible body” (“y corff sy’n gyfrifol”) has the same meaning as in section 85 of the 2010 Act;

• “single-sex school” (“ysgol un rhyw”) has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the 2010 Act;

• “transitional exemption order” (“gorchymyn esemptio trosiannol”) has the same meaning as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the 2010 Act.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 82 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(e) (with art. 4)