Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations modify section 6 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (education development plans) and sections 497A and 497B of the Education Act 1996 (intervention by the Secretary of State) by providing that, in the period beginning on 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st September 1999 the references (however framed) to schools maintained by a local education authority include grant-maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools maintained by that authority.