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The Education (Grant-Maintained Special Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/2175 · Made 4 September 1997

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 4th September 1997

Laid before Parliament 9th September 1997

Coming into force 1st October 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 344(2) and 569(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 28 to, the Education Act 1996f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of principal Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grant-Maintained Special Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997.

(2)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Education (Grant-Maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994f1.

2Amendment of principal Regulations

For regulation 41 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Functions of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales

41

Sections 23 and 29 of the Education Act 1997f1 shall apply in relation to a grant-maintained special school which is not established in a hospital as they apply in relation to a grant-maintained school.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Estelle Morris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Employment

3rd September 1997

Peter Hain

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

4th September 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Grant-Maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994 by substituting for regulation 41, which applied section 245 of the Education Act 1993 in relation to a grant-maintained special school not established in a hospital, a new regulation which applies sections 23 and 29 of the Education Act 1997 in relation to such a school.