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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/29",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-wales-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 16 January 2015",
  "text": "The appointed day for the following provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force is 16 January 2015—\n(a) section 2 (Education Workforce Council) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations or orders under the 2014 Act;\n(b) section 5 (power to add functions);\n(c) section 9(1) and (3) (register) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations or orders under the 2014 Act;\n(d) section 10 (eligibility for registration);\n(e) section 12 (registration fees);\n(f) section 13 (registration: further provision);\n(g) section 14 (school teachers and school learning support workers) in so far as it applies to school teachers;\n(h) section 15 (further education teachers);\n(i) section 17 (requirement to undertake period of induction);\n(j) section 18 (induction assessment standards) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations under section 17 of the 2014 Act;\n(k) section 19 (appeals against induction decisions) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations;\n(l) section 21 (induction: interpretation);\n(m) section 24 (code of conduct and practice) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations;\n(n) section 25 (code of conduct and practice: further provision);\n(o) section 26 (disciplinary functions);\n(p) section 27 (disciplinary functions: interpretation);\n(q) section 28 (disciplinary functions: further provision);\n(r) section 29 (conditional registration orders) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations;\n(s) section 30 (suspension orders) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations;\n(t) section 31 (prohibition orders) to the extent necessary for the purpose of making regulations;\n(u) section 33 (council to maintain records about certain persons);\n(v) section 35 (supply of information: the council);\n(w) section 36 (supply of information: employers);\n(x) section 37 (supply of information: agents and contractors);\n(y) section 41 (interpretation of Part 2);\n(z) the first and third rows of Table 1 in paragraph 1 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (categories of registration); and\n(aa) Schedule 4 (index of defined words and expressions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/29/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:54.386737+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."
}