# The Education Reform Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988, Article 4: Coming into force of certain provisions of the Act


Subsections (4) to (8) of section 27 of the Act shall come into force—
(a) for the purpose of enabling orders reducing any standard number applying to a secondary school to be made under subsection (5) and applications for such orders to be made as mentioned in subsection (6), on 1st September 1988;
(b) for the purpose of enabling orders increasing any standard number applying to a secondary school to be made under subsection (5) and applications for such orders to be made as mentioned in subsection (7), on 1st September 1989; and
(c) for their remaining purposes (so far as they relate to secondary schools) on 4th August 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1459/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/article-4
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