(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 15th August 2002 those provisions of the Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records Act 2002 (“the Act”), which did not come into force on Royal Assent, that is sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Act. These provisions relate to the requirement for bodies responsible for schools to prepare and implement accessibility strategies designed to improve access for pupils with disabilities to the curriculum and to the physical environment of the school, and to improve communication with and to those pupils.