Paragraph 1 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.4, para.2 amended by School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Amendment of Commencement Orders) 1999 art.2(2)
Sch.4, para.11 rev.in pt. by School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Amendment of Commencement Orders) 1999 art.2(3)
Sch.4, para.12 added by School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Amendment of Commencement Orders) 1999 art.2(4)

(1)

In this Schedule–

“admission arrangements” in relation to a school, means the arrangements for the admission of children to the school, including the school’s admission policy;
“the modification regulations” means the Education Act 1996 (Infant Class Sizes) (Modification) Regulations 1998^f1;
“school year”, in the context of references to the admission of a child to a school in any particular year, means the school year in which he would first take up a place there in consequence of a decision to admit him;
“the transitional provisions regulations” means regulations 1 to 4 of the Education (Infant Class Sizes) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1998^f2.

(2)

Any reference to a county, voluntary or grant-maintained school in–

(a)

this Schedule, or

(b)

a provision of (or a provision made under) the 1996 Act which is to continue to have effect for transitional purposes on or after 1st September 1999 by virtue of this Schedule,

shall have effect for the purposes of this Schedule, in relation to any time on or after that date, as a reference to a community, foundation or voluntary school which was, immediately before that date, a county, voluntary or (as the case may be) a grant-maintained school.

(3)

A reference in this Schedule to the instrument or articles of government for a grant-maintained school shall be construed as a reference to that instrument or those articles as they had effect immediately before 1st September 1999.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1998/1948.
f2: S.I. 1998/1947.