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The Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/1215 · Made 26 March 2001

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 26th March 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 58(3) of the Education Act 1997f1 the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1997 c. 44.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001.

2

The following provisions of the Education Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st September 2001—

  • section 37(5)

  • section 57(1) and (4) to the extent that those subsections relate to the provisions of Schedules 7 and 8 specified below.

  • In Schedule 7, paragraph 30(b)

  • In Schedule 8 the repeal—

    • of sections 400 and 401 of the Education Act 1996, and

    • in section 408(4)(l) of that Act, of “, 400, 401”.

Signature

Tessa Blackstone

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

26th March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings provisions of the Education Act 1997 into force on 1st September 2001 which provide for the repeal of sections 400 and 401 of the Education Act 1996. Those sections provided for a system of approval of qualifications which is superseded by sections 96 and 97 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000. Section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 will come into force on 1st September 2001 (see the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/654) as to England and the Learning and Skills Act (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1274 (W. 73) (C. 46)) as to Wales).

By virtue of this and previous commencement orders all unrepealed provisions of the Education Act 1997 which are brought into force by commencement order will be in force on 1st September 2001.