COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS Sections 4-18 insert new provisions into the Education Act 2002 Section 16 Application of local curriculum provisions to children who are not registered pupils (section 116M of the Education Act 2002)
55.This section allows for Welsh Ministers to use regulations to apply the local curriculum provisions to children who are not registered pupils of maintained schools. A definition as to who would fall within this category is provided by subsection (3). The definition catches children of compulsory school age who receive all, or the majority of their education under arrangements made by Further Education Institutions and are not registered pupils of maintained schools.