# The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Appointed Day) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 1st September 1999 as the appointed day for the purposes of section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
References in that Act (except in Part I of Schedule 32) to the appointed day are to be read as references to 1st September 1999. It is on that date, amongst other things, that the new framework for maintained schools set out in that Act will come into being.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2083/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998-appointed-day-order-1998/note
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