5. The Education Tribunal for Wales (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:07 pm on 5 October 2021.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 4:07, 5 October 2021

(Translated)

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. As we continue with the work of preparing the ground for introducing the additional learning needs system in full, it's come to our attention that there is an incorrect cross-reference in regulation 17(2) of the Education Tribunal for Wales Regulations 2021. Regulation 17(2) outlines the timetable that an individual that wants to make a claim related to discrimination on the basis of disability under the Equalities Act of 2010 had to present a case. The amendment that we want to make today will correct this incorrect reference to 13(2)(c) with the intended reference to 13(1)(b). If this is amendment is approved, regulation 17(2) will make provision that the period of the case statement for the claimant starts on the date that the claimant is notified by the tribunal, which was the original policy intention. Without this amendment, the Education Tribunal Wales Regulations 2021 will be deficient. I want to thank Members for their time and I'm confident that we can make this necessary correction today.