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The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No.7 and Transitional Provision) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/2071 · Made 5 August 2003

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 5th August 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 216(4) and (5) of the Education Act 2002f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2002 c. 32

Contents

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

1

This Order may be cited as the Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provision) Order 2003.

2

(1)

Paragraph 50 of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 shall come into force except in relation to Wales on 1st September 2003.

(2)

Despite the substitution of section 499(9)(b) of the Education Act 1996f1 made by that paragraph, a parent governor appointed or elected to a governing body constituted under section 36 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998f2 shall also be treated as a parent governor for the purposes s. 499(6) and (8).

Signature

Stephen Twigg

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Skills

5th August 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force paragraph 50 of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 which substitutes a new subsection (9) of section 499 of the Education Act 1996. It also makes transitional provision allowing parent governors of governing bodies constituted under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as well as parent governors of governing bodies constituted under regulations made under the Education Act 2002, to be treated as parent governors for the purposes of section 499.