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          <Strong>PART 2</Strong>
        </Number><Title>CURRICULUM IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS, MAINTAINED NURSERY SCHOOLS AND FUNDED NON-MAINTAINED NURSERY EDUCATION</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/part/2/chapter/1/2022-09-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/part/2/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="10" RestrictEndDate="2023-09-01" id="part-2-chapter-1" RestrictStartDate="2022-09-01" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Number>CHAPTER 1</Number><Title>CURRICULUM DESIGN AND ADOPTION</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/part/2/chapter/1/crossheading/supplementary-provision/2022-09-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/part/2/chapter/1/crossheading/supplementary-provision" NumberOfProvisions="2" RestrictEndDate="2023-09-01" id="part-2-chapter-1-crossheading-supplementary-provision" RestrictStartDate="2022-09-01" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title><Emphasis>Supplementary provision</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictEndDate="2023-09-01" ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="2022-09-01" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title>Power to make supplementary provision about curriculum adoption and revision</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/section/17/2022-09-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/section/17" id="section-17"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-a0057c803470705fd5ba8271752e3c48"/>17</Pnumber><P1para><Text>Regulations may make provision about—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/section/17/a/2022-09-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/section/17/a" id="section-17-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>steps to be taken before a curriculum is adopted under this Part (including provision about steps to be taken in order to determine whether a proposed curriculum is suitable for adoption);</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/section/17/b/2022-09-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/section/17/b" id="section-17-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the date by which a curriculum must be adopted under this Part;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/4/section/17/c/2022-09-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/section/17/c" id="section-17-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>additional circumstances in which an adopted curriculum must be revised.</Text></P3para></P3></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-2d364b4747eeaf88836bb2f1022d11f1" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="crbv5yhz4-00006" SectionRef="part-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/part/2">Pt. 2</CitationSubRef> modified (temp.) (13.6.2022) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/652" id="crbv5yhz4-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2022" Number="652" Title="The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022">The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/652)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="crbv5yhz4-00007" id="crbv5yhz4-00008" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/652/article/2" Operative="true">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-a0057c803470705fd5ba8271752e3c48" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="crbvkzmj4-00215" SectionRef="section-17" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/4/section/17">S. 17</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/652" id="crbvkzmj4-00216" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2022" Number="652" Title="The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022">S.I. 2022/652</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="crbvkzmj4-00216" id="crbvkzmj4-00217" SectionRef="article-5-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/652/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="crbvkzmj4-00216" id="crbvkzmj4-00218" SectionRef="article-5-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/652/article/5/2/a">(2)(a)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="crbvkzmj4-00216" id="crbvkzmj4-00219" SectionRef="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/652/schedule" Operative="true">Sch.</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>