1997 No. 2176
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3) (England) (Amendment) Order 1997

Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 356(2)(c), (5) and (6) and 568(1), (3) and (5) of the Education Act 19961, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3) (England) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997.

(2)

In this Order—

“QCA” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority established under section 21 of the Education Act 19972;
“SCAA” means the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority established under section 244 of the Education Act 19933 and continued in existence by section 358 of the Education Act 1996;

“the effective date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;

“the principal Orders” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) Order 19954, the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 19955 and the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3) (Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 19966.

Amendment of principal Orders2.

In article 3(1) (Interpretation) of each of the principal Orders, for the definition of “the Authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““the Authority” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority established under section 21 of the Education Act 1997;”.

Transitional Provision3.

Anything done, or in the process of being done, by or in relation to SCAA before the effective date for the purposes of or in connection with any of the functions bestowed on the Authority by the principal Orders, shall, from that date, be treated as having been done by or in relation to QCA or, as the case may be, be continued by or in relation to QCA.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Estelle Morris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes, with effect from 1st October 1997, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority established on that date under section 21 of the Education Act 1997 for the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority as “the Authority” for the purposes of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) Order 1995, the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 1995 and the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1996.