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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002-commencement-no-2-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2002/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2439",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002-commencement-no-2-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2002",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2002 Act shall come into force except in relation to Wales on 1st October 2002—\nsection 1 except for the words “(b) a maintained nursery school” in the list of qualifying schools in section 1(3);\nsections 2 to 5;\nsections 14 to 17;\nsection 19(6);\nsection 30;\nsection 37;\nthe definition of “budget share” in section 39(1);\nsection 39(2);\nsection 41(1) and (3);\nsection 42;\nsections 47 to 49;\nsection 51 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 4 specified below,\nsections 62 to 64;\nsection 131;\nsection 148 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 12 specified below;\nsections 149 to 150;\nsection 151(1);\nsection 152 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 13 specified below;\nsection 155 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 14 specified below;\nsection 156;\nsection 177;\nsection 178(1) and (2);\nsections 179 and 180;\nsection 187;\nsection 188 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 16 specified below;\nsection 205;\nsection 206;\nsection 215 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 21 and Schedule 22 specified below;\nSchedule 1 so far as it is not already in force;\nin Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 3, 5 to 7, 10, 11, 13 and 14;\nin Schedule 12, paragraphs 1, 2, 4(1) and (3), 6, 9, 11 and 12(1) and (2);\nin Schedule 13, paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7(1) and (3) and 8;\nin Schedule 14, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7;\nSchedule 15 except for the words “(b) a nursery school” in paragraph 2(2);\nin Schedule 16, paragraphs 7 to 9;\nSchedule 20;\nin Schedule 21—\nparagraphs 8, 11, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 31, 32, 33, and 39(5);\nparagraph 45 for the purpose of the substitution of paragraph (aa), save for sub-paragraph (ii), for paragraph (a),\nparagraph 46 (1) to (3);\nparagraph 46 (4) for the purposes of inserting sub-section (4) save for the words “and, (b) sections 97 to 117 (the curriculum in Wales)”;\nparagraph 46(5) for the purposes of inserting the new text save for the words “or 7”; paragraph 47 (1), (2) and (4);\nparagraph 48 for the purpose of substituting the new text save for the words “or 109” and “or National Curriculum for Wales” in sub-paragraph (2), and the words “or 109” in sub-paragraph (3);\nparagraph 51;\nparagraph 57(b) and (c);\nparagraph 63(b);\nparagraph 66 for the purpose of substituting the new text save for the words “or 101(1)(a)”;\nparagraphs 68 and 69;\nparagraph 85(a);\nparagraph 91;\npararaph 100(1) and (2);\nparagraph 104 for the purpose of substituting the new text save for the words “or 101(1)(a)” in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3);\nparagraph 105 for the purpose of substituting the new text save for the words “or 101(1)(a)”,\nparagraph 108;\nparagraph 111;\nparagraph 113 (c), (d), and (g);\nparagraph 117 for the purpose of substituting the new text save for the words “or 101(1)(a)” in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3);\nparagraph 118(6);\nparagraph 124;\nin Schedule 22, Part 3 the repeal of—\nsection 40 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;\nsection 49 of the Education Act (No. 2) 1986;\nin the Children Act 1989,\nin section 19, subsections (1) and (2) and in subsection (4) the words “the two authorities, or, in Scotland,”;\nin section 79M(1), the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a);\nin the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, section 23(4)(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it, sections 39 to 42 and section 60;\nin the Education Act 1996—\nin section 2(3)(a) the words “(including vocational, social, physical and recreational training)”;\nin section 4(1) the words “part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or”;\nin section 5(1) the words “part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or”;\nsection 350 to 369;\nsection 408(4)(a);\nin section 409(1) the words “with the approval of the Secretary of State and”;\nsection 410;\nsection 483(3A);\nsection 483A(7);\nsection 497A(3);\nin section 548(8) paragraph (c);\nin section 568, in subsection (3) the words from “section 354(6)” to “401”, and subsection (4);\nin Schedule 37, paragraph 55;\nin the School Inspections Act 1996—\nin section 3(3), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a);\nin section 6(3), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a);\nin section 16(3), the word “and” preceding paragraph (d);\nin the Education Act 1997, in Schedule 7, paragraphs 9(3), 27(a) and 28(b);\nin the School Standards and Framework Act 1998—\nsections 10(3) and (7);\nin section 11, in subsection (2) the words from “and” to the end, and subsection (3);\nsection 36(2);\nsection 42;\nsection 46;\nsection 57;\nin section 84(6), the definition of “the relevant standard number”;\nsection 86(3) (b) and (6);\nsection 91;\nsection 93;\nin section 119(5), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a);\nin section 120(2)(a), the words “of proposals” and “and”;\nin section 121, in subsection (1), the words “the authority’s statement of proposals” and in subsection (9) the words “early years development”;\nin section 138—\nin subsection (2)(b), the words “paragraph 3(5) or 4 of Schedule 10”;\nin subsection (4)(b) the words “paragraph 4 or 8 of Schedule 23 or”, and\nin subsection (5)(b)(ii) the word “46”;\nin subsection 143, the entries relating to local schools budget and relevant standard number;\nin Schedule 4, paragraph 5(4)(e);\nSchedule 10;\nSchedule 23;\nin Schedule 26, paragraphs 8(9), and 15;\nin Schedule 28, paragraph 4(1);\nin Schedule 30, paragraphs 14, 85 to 90, 194(3)(a)(ii) and 204(b);\nin the Learning and Skills Act 2000—\nsection 148(2);\nin Schedule 9, paragraphs 26, 30 and 35.",
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