Partial selection
3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2)–
(a)section 99(1)(1); and
(b)section 101(4)(2),
shall not affect any provision for selection by ability which is made by admission arrangements for a maintained school which were determined by the admission authority for the school before 1st October 1998.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) only applies in so far as the relevant provision for selection by ability relates to the admission of pupils to the school in the 1999/2000 school year or any earlier school year.
(3) In this paragraph, “maintained school”–
(a)in relation to any time before the appointed day(3), means a county, voluntary or grant-maintained school within the meaning of the Education Act 1996;
(b)in relation to any later time, has the meaning given by section 99(5) of the 1998 Act.