The Education Act 1993 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st August 1994 paragraph 3 of Schedule 18 to the Education Act 1993 (which relates to pupil referral units), and section 298(2) of that Act for the purposes of regulations made under that provision. The Order also partially brings into force on that date paragraphs 97(a) and 98(a) of Schedule 19 to the Education Act 1993 (which amend respectively sections 24 and 25 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986).

The Order brings into force on 1st September 1994 the remaining provisions of Part III of the Education Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”). The Order also brings into force on that date the remaining provisions of Part IV of the 1993 Act; section 241 of that Act (which relates to sex education); sections 261 and 262 of that Act (which relate to the exclusion of pupils from schools). Also brought into force on 1st September 1994 for all remaining purposes are section 298 of, and Schedule 18 to, the 1993 Act (which relate to the duty of local education authorities to make exceptional provision of education in school or elsewhere, and pupil referral units).

The Order brings into force on 1st December 1994 sections 224 to 226 and 228(4) of the 1993 Act (which relate to education associations).

The Order also includes transitional provisions. Schedule 4 contains transitional provisions consequential on the commencement of the provisions of Parts III and IV of the 1993 Act brought into force by this Order on 1st September 1994.