# The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2004 W.S.I. 2004/912 · made 24 March 2004 This Order brings into force on 31st March 2004 and 1st August 2004 those provisions of the Education Act 2002 specified in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to this Order. Made under: Education Act 2002 (Section 216) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-wales-order-2004/pdf/wsi_20040912_mi.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, WALES Made 24th March 2004 The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the power conferred upon it by section 216(3), (4)(b) and (5) of the Education Act 2002, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Name and application This Order is called Education Act 2002 (Commencement No.4 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2004. ## 2 Name and application Provisions brought into force by this Order are brought into force only in relation to Wales (except in relation to section 198). ## 3 Interpretation (1) In this Order “the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. (2) In this Order, unless otherwise stated, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Education Act 2002. ## 4 Appointed days The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order is 31st March 2004. ## 5 Appointed days The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order is 1st August 2004. ## 6 Transitional provision — establishment or alteration of maintained nursery schools Despite the coming into force of section 154, the new paragraphs (aa) and (d) in subsection (1) of section 28 of the 1998 Act are not to apply where a local education authority in Wales have taken a decision before 31st March 2004 to establish a new maintained nursery school or to make a prescribed alteration to a maintained nursery school. ## 7 Transitional provision — admission arrangements for nursery education Despite the coming into force of paragraph 12(1), (3) to (5) of Schedule 4 amending section 98 of the 1998 Act, the amendments made by paragraph 12(3), (4) and (5) are not to apply to a school year earlier than the 2004 to 2005 school year in relation to the admission of a child to a maintained school for nursery education. ## Signature Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998. John Marek The Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly 24th March 2004 ## 1 Provisions coming into force on 31st March 2004 Provision Subject matter Section 51 in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 4 below Admission arrangements — nursery education Section 154 Establishment or alteration of maintained nursery schools Section 156 Meaning of nursery school and primary education Section 198 Transition from primary to secondary school Section 215(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 21 below Minor and consequential amendments Section 215(2) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 22 below Repeals Schedule 4, paragraph 12(1), (3) to (5) Admission arrangements — nursery education Schedule 21 Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 98(2) in so far as not already in force Paragraph 115(5) except sub-paragraph (b) In Schedule 22, Part 3, the repeal of — Repeals Education Act 1996, in section 4(1) the words “part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or”, in section 5(1) the words “part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or”, in section 548(8), paragraph (c), School Standards and Framework Act 1998, in section 33(1), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b), section 39. ## 2 Provisions coming into force on 1st August 2004 Provision Subject matter Section 177 Meaning of “secondary education” Section 215(2) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 22 below Repeals In Schedule 22, Part 3, the repeal of — Repeals Education Act 1996, in section 2(3)(a) the words “(including vocational, social, physical and recreational training)”. ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order brings into force on 31st March 2004 and 1st August 2004 those provisions of the Education Act 2002 specified in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to this Order. References below to sections and Schedules (without more) are references to sections of and Schedules to the Education Act 2002. In the case of provisions brought into force by this Order which amend existing legislation, references to the Secretary of State in those provisions are to be read, in relation to Wales, as references to the National Assembly for Wales — see section 211. The effect of the provisions specified in Part 1 of the Schedule is as follows — Section 51 and Schedule 4, paragraph 12(1), (3) to (5) amend section 98 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (the 1998 Act) so as to clarify that the admission authority for a maintained school is responsible for admitting or refusing to admit children to the school for nursery education. Section 154 amends section 28 of the 1998 Act so as to require an LEA to publish proposals to establish or make prescribed alterations to a maintained nursery school. Section 156 amends the definition of “nursery school” in section 6 of the Education Act 1996 (the 1996 Act), so as to provide that a school used wholly or mainly for the provision of education for children aged between two and compulsory school age, is a nursery school. Previously the definition referred to a school used mainly for the provision of such education. Section 156 also extends the definition of “primary education” in section 2 of the 1996 Act to include part-time education suitable to the requirements of children aged between two and compulsory school age. Previously the definition referred only to full-time education. Section 198 enables the National Assembly for Wales to require the governing bodies of secondary schools and their feeder primary schools to draw up plans to facilitate the transition of pupils from one to the other. The effect of the provisions specified in Part 2 of the Schedule is as follows — Section 177 extends the definition of “secondary education” in section 2 of the 1996 Act so as to include education received partly at a school and partly at another institution or any other establishment, and so as to make it clear that it includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training. The National Assembly for Wales is also given the power to modify the Education Acts in relation to persons receiving secondary education partly at a school and partly at another institution or any other establishment. Article 6 of the Order makes transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of section 154. The new requirements to publish proposals will not apply in relation to decisions taken before 31st March 2004. Article 7 makes transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of the amendments made to section 98 of the 1998 Act relating to responsibility for admissions to a school for nursery education. The amendments are not to have effect until the school year 2004-2005. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/912 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-wales-order-2004 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.