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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/320/article/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No.3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Special educational needs and additional support</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disability discrimination</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disabled children</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disabled people</dc:subject><dc:subject>Borough councils</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">EDUCATION, WALES</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-28</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2015-01-05</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order is made under sections 24(2) and 26(3) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (“the 2009 Measure”). This Order is the third Commencement Order to be made under the 2009 Measure.</dc:description>
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<Text>The following provisions in Part 1 (education appeals and claims by children) of the <Abbreviation Expansion="Education (Wales) Measure 2009 nawm 5">2009 Measure</Abbreviation> come into force on 10 February 2012—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 3 (case friends);</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 7 (tribunal procedure);</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 8 (procedures for making regulations);</Text>
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<Text>section 11 (tribunal procedure)<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 12 (case friends)<FootnoteRef Ref="f00003"/>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 17 (piloting the rights of a child to appeal or make a claim);</Text>
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<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 18 (power to make provision about appeals and claims by a child);</Text>
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<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 19 (interpretation of sections 17 and 18);</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 23 (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Schedule; and</Text>
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<Pnumber>j</Pnumber>
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<Text>paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Schedule.</Text>
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<Text>Section 11 was amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1651" id="c00006" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="1651">S.I. 2011/1651</Citation>, article 5.</Text>
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<Text>Section 12 was amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1651" id="c00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="1651">S.I. 2011/1651</Citation>, article 6.</Text>
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