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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2000/schedule/part-I",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/361",
  "legislation_title": "The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000",
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  "path": "schedule/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 13TH OCTOBER 2000",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvisions of the Act\nSubject matter\nPurpose\n1\nRight of child to school education\n2\nDuty of education authority in providing school education\n3\nRaising standards\n4\nNational priorities in education\n5\nEducation authority’s annual statement of improvement objectives\n6\nSchool developments plans\n7\nReview of school performance\n8\nDelegation schemes\n11\nInspection of educational establishments\n12\nCode of practice as regards inspection of educational establishments\n13\nGuidance to education authorities: raising standards and delegation schemes\n14\nGuidance to education authorities as to home education\n16\nNo justification for corporal punishment\n17\nEnding of self governing status of school\n18\nOrder supplementary to ending of self governing status\n19\nTransfer of staff of self governing school\n20\nProvision of information in relation to self governing school\n21\nEducational endowments in relation to self governing school\n24\nRegistration of independent school\n25\nWelfare of pupil attending independent school\n26\nRole of School Board in raising standards and improving quality of education\n27\nElection of School Board after school ceases to be self governing\n29\nRestriction of councillor’s membership of School Board\n30\nInvolvement of School Board in preparing short leet for appointment of head teacher etc.\n31\nDelegation of education authority’s functions to School Board\n38\nAdmission of children under school age to primary school\n40\nEducation outwith school\n41\nRights of appeal against exclusion from school\n42\nGrants in respect of activities relating to school education\n43\nPlacing requests: extent of education authority’s duty\n44 (other than the words from “or (vii)” to “numbers;” in section 44(4))\nFurther provision as respects placing requests\n45\nFunctions of the Council\n46(1) and (2)\nConstitution of the Council\nOnly for the purpose of enabling elections to be held and appointments and nominations to be made [amending the 1965 Act and bringing those amendments into force to enable elections to be held] prior to 1st November 2001 for the Council to be constituted in accordance with the 1965 Act as amended by section 46(1) and (2) on that date\n46(3)\nRepeal\n46(5)\nRemoval from office of the Council members\n47\nKeeping of the register of teachers\n48\nProvision of information by the Council\n49\nProvision of information to the Council\nOnly for the purpose of the insertion into the 1965 Act and bringing into force of sections 9B(a)(i) and (b) and 9C\n51\nAppeals\nOnly for the purpose of insertion into the 1965 Act and bringing into force a substituted section 12(1) (other than the words from “(a) such person” to “or” in the third place where it occurs)\n52\nAmendment of section 17 of the 1965 Act\nOnly for the purpose of the insertion into the 1965 Act and bringing into force of a substituted definition of “the register”\n53\nPower of the Council to borrow money\n54\nPower of Scottish Ministers to require the Council to establish committees\n56\nGuidance to education authorities as to manner of conducting sex education\n57\nConsent of child to medical procedures\n58\nInterpretation\n59\nRegulations\n60\nMinor and consequential amendments and repeals\nOnly for the purpose of bringing into force paragraphs 1(1), (2), (4) and (5)(d)(i) and 3(1), (2), (5), (6), (7) and (8) of Schedule 2 to the Act and in Schedule 3 to the Act– the entry relating to the 1965 Act; in the entry relating to the 1980 Act, the repeal of the words “in attendance at schools” in section 1(5)(a); and the entry relating to the School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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