{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-wales-act-2015-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-wales-act-2015-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1687",
  "legislation_title": "The Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-wales-act-2015-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The title of this Order is the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1997 Act” (“Deddf 1997”) means the Education Act 1997;\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Qualifications Wales Act 2015;\n“the Database” (“y Gronfa Ddata”) means the database published online called “the Database of Approved Qualifications in Wales” and which is also known as “DAQW”;\n“relevant qualification” (“cymhwyster perthnasol”) has the same meaning as in section 30 of the 1997 Act as that section is in force immediately before 21 September 2015.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 44. There are many amendments to Part 5 of this Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As at 21 September 2015, this database is at www.daqw.org.uk."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Amendments to section 30 of the 1997 Act which are relevant to this Order are made by: the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 103(1) and (4)(c) and Schedule 11; the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3239) (W. 244), Schedule 1, paragraphs 6, 14, and 15(b) and (d); and the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), Schedule 12, paragraphs 12 and 15 and Schedule 16, Part 4."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1687/article/1",
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  },
  "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."
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