1992 No.1157 (C.34)
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (Schools) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1992
Made 12th May 1992

The Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the power conferred by section 21(3) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992, hereby make the following Order—
1992 c. 38.

1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1992.
2 The provisions of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 ( “the Act ”) specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the dates specified in the second column.
John Patten The Secretary of State for Education and Science 12th May 1992
David Hunt The Secretary of State for Wales 12th May 1992
SCHEDULE
Provisions of the Act	Dates when these provisions come into force
Sections 1(1) to (4), 5(1) to (4), 10(4) (except sub-paragraph (a)), 16, 18(1) and (4), 19 and 20 and paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 and, so far as it relates to those provisions, section 21(7) and, as regards the partial repeal of section 22 of the Education Reform Act 1988, Schedule 5 and, so far as it relates to that provision, section 21(8)	16th May 1992
Sections 1(5) and (6), 2(1), (2), (3)(a), (b) and (e) and (4) to (6), 3(1) and (3) to (5), 4, 5(5) and (6), 6(1), (2), (3)(a), (b) and (e) and (4) to (6), 7(1) and (3) to (5), 8, 10(1) to (3), (4)(a) and (5) to (9), 11, 12, 18(2) and (3) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 and, so far as it relates to those provisions, section 9(7), Schedule 3, paragraphs 2, 3 and 7 of Schedule 4 and, so far as it relates to those provisions, section 21(7)	31st August 1992
1988 c. 40.

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 16th May 1992 the provisions of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 relating to the appointment of the Chief Inspectors for England and for Wales, the power to prescribe the fee for the registration of inspectors, the power of the Secretary of State to require information about schools, an amendment to and partial repeal of section 22 of the Education Reform Act 1988, which relates to information about schools, and ancillary provisions.
The Order also brings into force on 31st August 1992 further provisions relating to the Chief Inspectors and their staff, including the creation of offences of obstructing one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools in either England or Wales in the exercise of his functions, the remaining provisions relating to the registration of inspectors, the powers of the Chief Inspectors relating to training and ancillary provisions.