Transitional provisions relating to section 89 of the Act

4.—(1) Any step taken, before the coming into force of section 89, by an admission authority for the purpose of consultation about their proposed admission arrangements for the school year 2000/2001 shall, except as specified in paragraph (2), be taken into account in determining whether that authority have complied with their duty to consult under that section.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the extent that the step in question, had it been taken after the commencement of section 89, would have contravened any requirement applying under or for the purposes of that section.