Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:05 pm on 13 July 2021.
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. These regulations are a little more complex than the ones that follow, so I will take a few moments to explain their purpose and effect. The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 amended section 83 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, which relates to care and support plans for looked-after children. This was in order to provide for a requirement for an individual development plan to be incorporated into a personal education plan.
The amendments to section 83 of the 2014 Act also provided for a power to make regulations in order to preserve the scope for exceptions to the requirement to have a personal education plan. Under that power, section 83(2)(b), as well as sections 83(5), 84(b) and 196(2), these regulations are made to the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015.