The Education Reform Act 1988 (Commencement No.2) Order 1988

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 11st November 1988
Schedule 221st November 1988
Schedule 31st 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.