The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2002 No. 2952 (C. 93)

SCHEDULE TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS

Nursery education, special schools and children with statements

2.  Despite the coming into force of paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act, in relation to the amendment of section 98 of the 1998 Act,

(a) the amendment made by sub-paragraph (2) shall not have effect in relation to the admission of a child to a maintained school for nursery education for any school year earlier than the 2004-05 school year;

(b) the amendments made by sub-paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) shall not have effect in relation to the admission of a child to–

(i) a maintained school for nursery education, or (as the case may be)

(ii) a maintained nursery school,

for any school year earlier than the 2003-04 school year; and

(c) the amendment made by sub-paragraph (6) shall not have effect in relation to the admission to a maintained school of a child for whom a statement is maintained under section 324 of the 1996 Act for any school year earlier than the 2004-05 school year.