This Order may be cited as the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 and shall come into force on the third day after the day on which it is made.

The consequential amendments made by the Schedule have effect.

During any period when a provision of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Education and Skills Act 20082 (independent educational establishments in England) has effect only in relation to independent schools, references to independent educational institutions in section 93A of that Act (inserted by the Schedule), as it has effect in relation to that provision, are to be read as references to independent schools.