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The Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

S.I. 2003/2939 · Made 13 November 2003

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 13th November 2003

Laid before Parliament 19th November 2003

Coming into force

All provisions except regulation 2(3) 1st January 2004

Regulation 2(3) 1st April 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 118(1), 120(1) and (3), 121(1) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998f1 the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 31

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) Regulations 1999
  3. 3Revocation of the Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003.

(2)

These Regulations except for regulation 2(3) shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

(3)

Regulation 2(3) shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

2Amendment of the Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) Regulations 1999

(1)

The Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) Regulations 1999f1 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(3) the definitions of “the partnership” and “statement of proposals” shall be omitted.

(3)

In regulation 2(1)(a) and (b) for “fourth birthday” (in each case where the words occur) substitute “third birthday”.

(4)

Regulation 3 and the Schedule shall be omitted.

(5)

Regulation 4 shall be omitted.

3Revocation of the Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

The Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002f1 are revoked.

Signature

Cathy Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Skills

13th November 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) Regulations 1999.

Regulation 2(3), which comes into force on 1st April 2004, amends the minimum age in relation to which local education authorities must secure sufficient provision of nursery education for children in their area (required by section 118 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998).

The other provisions of these Regulations, which come into force on 1st January 2004, remove the requirement to produce an Early Years Development and Childcare Plan at intervals of one year.