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

Further and higher education

Boarding schools

Universities

Special educational needs and additional support

State schools

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

This Order brings into force on 1st November 1988 sections 131 to 134, 136 and 220 of and, so far as it is not already in force, Schedule 8 to the Education Reform Act 1988. These provisions relate to the establishment of the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council and supplementary provisions and extension of the functions of the Audit Commission. Also brought into force on the same date are sections 17 to 19 which relate to exceptions and modification of the National Curriculum in certain cases or circumstances and paragraphs 83, 84 and 85 of Schedule 12 which make provision for amendments of the Education Act 1981 relating to statements of special educational needs.