S T A T U T O R Y  I N S T R U M E N T S  
2020 No. 471 
EDUCATION, ENGLAND  
The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Coronavirus) 
(Amendment) Regulations 2020 
Made  - - - - 28th April 2020 
Laid before Parliament  30th April  2020 
Coming into force  - - 1st May  2020 
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulati ons in exercise of the powers conferred by 
sections 30(8), 31(4), 36(11), 37(4), 44(7)(b) and (c), 47, 49(3), 51(4), 56(1), 71(11), 73(4), 74(3) 
and 135(2) and (3) of the Children and Families Act  2014(a) and sections 29(3) and 569(4) of the 
Education Act 1996( b).  
Citation and commencement 
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Special Educ ational Needs and Disability 
(Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st May 2020. 
Review and expiry 
2. —(1) The Secretary of State must review the effecti veness of these Regulations during the 
period for which they have effect. 
(2)  These Regulations cease to have effect on 25th September 2020. 
Amendment of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 
3.  The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014( c) are amended as follows. 
4.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert— 
““coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndr ome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); 
”. 
5.  After regulation 2 (interpretation) insert— 
“ Relaxation of time periods due to coronavirus exception 
2A. —(1) Where the coronavirus exception applies, any r equirement in any of the 
regulations specified in paragraph (3) for action t o be taken within a specified period of 
                                                                                                                                            
(a) 2014 c.6. Section 30(8) was amended by Schedule 2 , Part 1, paragraph 4 to the Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c.16). 
(b) 1996 c.56. Section 29(3) was amended by Schedule 30, paragraph 67 and Schedule 31 to the School Stan dards and 
Framework Act 1998 (c.31) and S.I. 2010/1158 and se ction 569(4) was amended by section 8(1) and (5) of  the Education 
(Wales) Measure 2009. 
(c) S.I. 2014/1530, relevant amending instruments are  S.I. 2014/2096, S.I. 2015/359 and S.I. 2017/1306.