The Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2199 (C.59)

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000

Made

10th August 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46(4) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and Interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No 7) Order 2000.

(2) In this Order “the 1998 Act” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

Provision coming into force

2.  Section 15 of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 15th August 2000.

Jacqui Smith

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Employment

10th August 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 15 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 on 15th August 2000. This section empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations requiring employers of teachers and workers with children and young persons to supply information relating to their dismissal or resignation to the Secretary of State, the General Teaching Council for England or the General Teaching Council for Wales.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 have been, or are, brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No
section 44(1) (partially) and Schedule 3 (partially)	17th July 1998	1998/1729 (S.93)
section 44(2) (partially) and Schedule 4 (partially)	13th August 1998	1998/2004
sections 1(2) to (10), 8, 16, 17, 19(1) to (8) and (10)(b) and (c), 20, 21, 34, 35, 40, 41 and 44(1) (partially) and (2) (partially) and Schedule 1, Schedule 3 (partially) and Schedule 4 (partially)	1st October 1998	1998/2215
sections 37, 38 and 44(2) (partially) and Schedule 4 (partially)	1st January 1999	1998/3237
section 39	1st Febuary 1999	1998/3237
section 19(9) and (10)(a)	1st April 1999	1998/2215
section 36	1st April 1999	1998/3237
sections 32, 33 and 44 (partially), and Schedule 3 (partially)	1st September 1999	1999/987
sections 3(3)(d) and 4 (partially), sections 4, 5, 7(1) to (4), 11, 12 and 14(3)	5th April 2000	2000/970
section 1(1), 2(1) to (3) and (5) to (7), section 3(1), (2) and (3)(a) to (c), section 3(3)(d) and (4), sections 7(5), 9, 10, 13, 14(1), (2), (4) and (5), section 44(1) (partially) and Schedule 3, (remaining provisions).	1st September 2000	2000/970

(1)

1998 c. 30. Section 15 is amended by section 5(4) of the Protection of Children Act 1999 from a date to be appointed.