1 Citation and commencement
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 1st January 2002.
2 These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

Amendment
2 The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.
S.I.1999/397.
3 In regulation 3(1) (Duty to set school attendance targets), for “of the three school years” there shall be substituted “school year specified in the notice”.
4 In regulation 4 (Notice by the Secretary of State)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “of the three school years” there shall be substituted “school year specified in the notice;
(b) in paragraph (2)(b), for “of the three school years” there shall be substituted “school year specified in the notice”.
5 In regulation 5(1) (Condition precedent) the words “by at least 3 percentage points” shall be deleted.
Catherine Ashton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills 27th November 2001