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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-and-higher-education-act-1998-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-and-higher-education-act-1998-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2004",
  "legislation_title": "The Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-and-higher-education-act-1998-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998.\n(2) In this Order:\n“the 1962 Act” means the Education Act 1962;\n“the 1990 Act” means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1996;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1998;\n“the 1998 Regulations” means the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1998 as they will be amended by the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) Regulations 1998;\n“first degree course”, “DipHE course”, “HND course”, “old award”, “postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers” and “transitional award” have the same meanings as in the 1998 Regulations; and\n“HNC course” means a course for the Higher National Certificate of the Business and Technology Education Council or of the Scottish Qualifications Authority, and “Scottish HND course” means a course for the Higher National Diploma of that Authority.\n(3) In this Order, any reference:\n(a) to an article is to an article of this Order, and\n(b) in an article to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1962 c. 12; the relevant provisions, as amended, are set out in Schedule 5 to the Education Act 1980 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1996 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1998 c. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1166."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1972."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2004/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:21:36.235540+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}