Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (Wales) Order 2000 and, subject to paragraph (2) below, shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
(2) The provisions of this Order insofar as they relate to the fourth key stage shall come into force—
(a)on 1st August 2001 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage: and
(b)on 1st August 2002 in respect of all other pupils in that key stage.
(3) In this Order—
“the Authority” means the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales(1) (“yr Awdurdod”);
“the Document” means the document published by the Authority in 2000 entitled “English in the National Curriculum”(2) (“y Ddogfen”);
“the National Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”); and
references to key stages shall be construed in accordance with section 355(1) of the Education Act 1996.
(4) This Order applies only to schools in Wales.
The Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales was established by section 14(1)(b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), continued in existence by section 360 of the Education Act 1996 and given its current name by section 27(1) of the Education Act 1997.
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