2017 No. 6 (C. 2)
Education, England And Wales

The Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017

Made
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(2) of the Education and Adoption Act 20161, makes the following Regulations:

Citation1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017.

Provisions coming into force on 11th January 20172.

The following provisions of the Education and Adoption Act 2016 come into force on 11th January 2017:

(a)

section 1 (coasting schools) for all remaining purposes;

(b)

section 16 (consequential repeals) so far as it repeals provisions of the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 20092 and the Education Act 20113.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the third commencement regulations made under the Education and Adoption Act 2016 (“the Act”).

These Regulations appoint 11th January 2017 as the day for coming into force of section 1 of the Act for all remaining purposes. 11th January 2017 is also the coming into force date of section 16(a) and (b) of the Act which provides for the repeal of paragraphs 6(2) and (3) and 11 of Schedule 13 to the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22) and sections 44(3) and 56 of the Education Act 2011 (c.21) as a consequence of amendments made by the Act.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.I.No.

Sections 2 to 14 inclusive

Section 1 (partially)

18th April 2016

5th September 2016

2016/466 (C.27)

2016/866 (C.61)