Citation and commencement1

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 19992 shall be amended as follows.

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 AshtonParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Education and Skills