{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-qualifications-curriculum-and-assessment-authority-for-wales-conferment-of-functions-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-qualifications-curriculum-and-assessment-authority-for-wales-conferment-of-functions-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2140",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales) (Conferment of Functions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-qualifications-curriculum-and-assessment-authority-for-wales-conferment-of-functions-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order:—\n“the 1997 Act” means the Education Act 1997;\n“ACCAC” means Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru or the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales; and\n“QCA” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 27(1) of the Education Act 1997 (which will be brought into force on 1st October 1997 by the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1468 (C. 57)) substitutes the new name of Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru or the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales for that of the current name of Awdurdod Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru or the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales. This Authority was established by section 14(1)(b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40) under the name of the Curriculum Council for Wales, renamed with its current name by section 253(1) of the Education Act 1993 (c. 35) and continued in existence by section 360 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This Authority is to be established by section 21(1) of the Education Act 1997 which will be brought into force on 1st October 1997 by the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2140/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:57:30.687247+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."
}