Provisions coming into force
2. The following provisions of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st October 1998:
section 1(1), to the extent that it defines the “the Council” but not so as to establish the General Teaching Council for England as a body;
section 1(2) to (10);
section 8;
section 16;
section 17;
section 19(1) to (8) and 10(b) and (c);
section 20;
section 21;
section 34;
section 35;
section 40;
section 41;
section 44(1), to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 3 specified below;
section 44(2), to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 4 specified below;
Schedule 1;
in Schedule 3–
paragraph 5;
paragraph 6;
paragraph 7;
paragraph 8;
paragraph 9; and
paragraph 15;
in Schedule 4, the repeal of–
in section 218(1)(c) of the 1988 Act, the words “schools and”; and
in section 232(6) of the 1988 Act, the words “other than section 218(1)(b) or (c), (5) or (6)”.