Miscellaneous

21Short title, commencement, extent etc

(1)This Act may be cited as the Education (Schools) Act 1992.

(2)This Act shall be included among the Acts which may be cited as the Education Acts 1944 to 1992.

(3)Subsections (1) to (6) of this section shall come into force on the passing of this Act but otherwise this Act shall come into force on such date as may be appointed by order made by the Secretary of State.

(4)Subject to subsections (5) and (6), this Act extends to England and Wales only.

(5)Section 17 extends to Scotland only.

(6)Paragraphs 7 to 9 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 4 also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(7)The minor and consequential amendments set out in Schedule 4 shall have effect.

(8)The repeals set out in Schedule 5 shall have effect.