The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2006

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 12 December 2006.

In these Regulations—

“the 2006 Act” means the Education and Inspections Act 2006;

“the existing Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England; and

“the preparatory period” means the period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending immediately before the date on which section 118 of the 2006 Act (functions of the Chief Inspector) comes into force.