Welsh Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1069 (W. 252) (C. 61)
Education, Wales
The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2021
Made 21 September 2021

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(2), (3) and (4) of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021, make the following Order.
2021 asc 4.

Title and interpretation
1. (1) The title of this Order is the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2021.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021.

Provisions coming into force on 29 September 2021
2. Sections 1 to 5 of the Act come into force on 29 September 2021.

Provisions coming into force on 29 September 2021 for the purposes of issuing or revising a code under sections 6 and 7 of the Act
3. Sections 6 and 7 of the Act come into force on 29 September 2021 only for the purposes of issuing or revising a code under those sections.

Provisions coming into force on 23 November 2021 for the purposes of issuing or revising a code under section 8 of the Act
4. Section 8 of the Act comes into force on 23 November 2021 only for the purposes of issuing or revising a code under that section.
Jeremy Miles
Minister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers
21 September 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force provisions of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (“the Act”).
The provisions listed in article 2 come into force fully on 29 September 2021. These provisions set out the basic concepts that have effect in relation to the curriculum.
The provisions listed in article 3 come into force on 29 September 2021 but only for the purposes of issuing or revising a code under section 6 (the What Matters Code) and section 7 (the Progression Code) of the Act.
The provision listed in article 4 comes into force on 23 November 2021 but only for the purposes of issuing or revising a code under section 8 of the Act (the RSE Code).