# The Education (School Development Plans) (Wales) Regulations 2014, Regulation 5: Duration a school development plan is to have effect

Extent: E+W

(1) The governing body must determine the timing of the school development plan period.
(2) The length of the first school development plan period will be three years and must begin no later than 1 September 2015.
(3) The length of the subsequent school development plan periods will be three years and once begun school development plan periods must be continuous.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/2677/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-development-plans-wales-regulations-2014/regulation-5
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