These Regulations amend a number of regulations as a consequence of the assessment arrangements specified by the Welsh Ministers in the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Reading and Numeracy) (Wales) Order 2013 (“the Assessment Order”). The Assessment Order specifies the assessment arrangements for testing literacy and numeracy in the national curriculum for Wales (“the literacy and numeracy tests”). The Regulations come into force on 1 May 2013 except for regulation 3(5) which comes into force on 1 September 2013.