Regulation 2 Relevant date.

The 1999 Regulations shall be amended in relation to England only as follows—

(1)

In regulation 1(2) of the 1999 Regulations there shall be inserted after the definition of the 1998 Act—

““the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002.”

(2)

For regulation 4(b) of the 1999 Regulations there shall be substituted—

“(b)

in relation to the period commencing on 1st September 1999 and ending immediately before 22nd March 2004, on the date that the governing body decide under section 66 of the 1998 Act or under regulations made under section 52 of the 2002 Act that the pupil should not be reinstated.”

(3)

After regulation 4(b) of the 1999 Regulations there shall be inserted—

“(c)

on and after 22nd March 2004, on the date that an appeal panel constituted under regulations made under section 52 of the 2002 Act decides not to direct reinstatement; or if there is no appeal, on the day after the last date on which an appeal may be made, or on the day (if earlier) that the parent (or pupil who has attained the age of 18) notifies the local education authority that he does not intend to appeal.”