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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/curriculum-and-assessment-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2022/652",
  "legislation_title": "The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/curriculum-and-assessment-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2022",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force provisions of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (“the 2021 Act”).\nArticle 2 of this Order makes transitional provision for pupils who have a statement of special educational needs and not an individual development plan (see article 1 for a definition of “special educational needs” and “individual development plan”).\nThis Order provides that the provisions listed in article 3 come into force on 14 June 2022 but only for the purpose of making regulations under sections 42 and 69 of the 2021 Act.\nArticle 4 of this Order provides that the provisions listed in that article come into force fully on 1 September 2022.\nArticle 5 of this Order provides that the provisions listed in that article come into force on 1 September 2022 for a child or pupil—\n(a) provided with nursery education,\n(b) in a reception year,\n(c) in years 1 to 6, and\n(d) in year 7 in those maintained schools and pupil referral units set out in the Schedule to this Order.\nArticle 5 of this Order provides that the provisions listed in that article come into force on 1 September 2023 for a child or pupil—\n(a) in year 7, and\n(b) in year 8.\nArticle 6 of this Order provides that the provisions listed in that article come into force on 1 September 2024 for a child or pupil in year 9.\nArticle 7 of this Order provides that the provisions listed in that article come into force on 1 September 2025 for a child or pupil in year 10.\nArticle 8 of this Order provides that the provisions listed in that article come into force on 1 September 2026 for a child or pupil in years 11 to 13.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/652/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:06:48.299097+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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