2. The provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988 specified in column 1 of Schedules 1 to 3 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 thereof) shall, except as otherwise provided in the said column 1, come into force on the date specified in relation to each Schedule in the following table —
| Schedule 1 | 1st November 1988 |
| Schedule 2 | 21st November 1988 |
| Schedule 3 | 1st April 1989 |
and 21st November 1988 shall be the appointed date for the purposes of section 121 of that Act for all institutions falling within subsection (2) of that section other than the Southampton Institute of Higher Education.