{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-attainment-targets-and-programmes-of-study-in-english-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-attainment-targets-and-programmes-of-study-in-english-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/907",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-attainment-targets-and-programmes-of-study-in-english-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "This Order shall come into force–\n(a) on 1st August 1989 in respect of pupils in the first year of the first key stage who have attained or will attain the age of five years on or before the first day of the school term beginning on or next after that date and who do not have a statement of special educational needs; and\n(b) on 1st August 1990 in respect of all other pupils in that key stage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/907/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:49.868364+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}