The Education (Transition to New Framework) (New Schools, Groups and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Transition to New Framework) (New Schools, Groups and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 10th March 1999.

(2) Subject to regulation 3, Part II of these Regulations applies—

(a) in relation to any time before the appointed day, to any county, voluntary or maintained special school proposals for the establishment of which are implemented on or after 1st January 1999 and which has a temporary governing body;

(b) in relation to any time on or after the appointed day, to any maintained school which fell within sub-paragraph (a) immediately before the appointed day;

(c) in relation to any time before the appointed day, to any proposed school (proposals for the establishment of which have been approved, or have effect under section 504(3) of the Education Act 1996(1) as if approved, under section 37, 43, or 340(4) of the 1996 Act or have been determined to be implemented under section 38 of that Act but in either case have not yet been implemented) which has a temporary governing body;

(d) in relation to any time on or after the appointed day to any school or proposed school which fell within sub-paragraph (c) immediately before the appointed day.

(3) Part III of these Regulations applies—

(a) in relation to any time before the appointed day, to any grant-maintained school which does not open before the appointed day (and for the purposes of these Regulations a school “opens” on the date when it first admits pupils);

(b) in relation to any time on or after the appointed day to any maintained school which fell within sub-paragraph (a) immediately before the appointed day.

(4) Subject to regulation 3, Part IV of these Regulations applies—

(a) in relation to any time before the appointed day, to any school grouped under section 89 or 280 of the 1996 Act;

(b) in relation to any time on or after the appointed day, to any maintained school which fell within sub-paragraph (a) immediately before the appointed day.

(5) Part V of these Regulations applies—

(a) in relation to any time before the appointed day, to county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special schools which will become maintained schools;

(b) in relation to any time on or after the appointed day, to maintained schools which were schools within sub-paragraph (a) immediately before the appointed day.

(6) Part VI of these Regulations applies to maintained schools which, immediately before the appointed day, were grant-maintained schools or grant-maintained special schools.

(7) Part VII of these Regulations applies—

(a) in relation to any time before the appointed day, to county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special schools, which will become maintained schools;

(b) in relation to any time on or after the appointed day, to maintained schools which were formerly county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special schools

except schools falling within paragraph (2), (3) or (4) above.

(1)

1996 c. 56.