This Order may be cited as the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000.

The appointed day for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and described by reference to the subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule shall be 23rd August 2000, but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day for that purpose only.

Where at the day appointed by article 3 of this Order a vacancy has arisen prior to that day for a parent member of a School Board but as at that day a by-election has not been held and the vacancy filled, the provisions of section 28 of the Act shall apply in relation to that vacancy.