The Education Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2006

Title and interpretation

1.  The title of this Order is the Education Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2006.

2.—(1) In this Order–

“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the School Inspections Act 1996(1);

“the 1998 Act” (“Ddeddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(2);

“the 2000 Act” (“Ddeddf 2000”) means the Learning and Skills Act 2000(3); and

“the 2005 Act” (“Deddf 2005”) means the Education Act 2005.

(2) In this Order, unless otherwise stated, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the 2005 Act.

Appointed day

3.  The provisions of the 2005 Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are to come into force on 1 September 2006 in relation to Wales.

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of the 2005 Act specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are to come into force on 1 September 2006 in relation to England and Wales.

(2) Sections 41 and 42 are to come into force only in their application to special schools of the description referred to in section 28(2)(d).

5.  The provisions of the 2005 Act specified in Schedule 3 to this Order are to come into force on 1 April 2007 in relation to England and Wales.

Transitional provisions and savings

6.  The transitional provisions and savings set out in the Schedule 4 apply.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(4)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

16 May 2006