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					<dc:description>This Order brings into force provisions of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (“the Act”).</dc:description>
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<Number>2022 No. 12 (W. 6) (C. 1)</Number>
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<Title>The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2022</Title>
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<Text>The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(2), (3) and (4) of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/>, make the following Order:</Text></Para>
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<P2para><Text>The title of this Order is the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2022.</Text>
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<Title>Provisions coming into force on 11 January 2022</Title>
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<Text>The following provisions of the Act come into force on 11 January 2022—</Text>
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<Text>section 56(1) of the Act for the purposes of making regulations under that section, and</Text>
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<Text>The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 September 2022—</Text>
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<PersonName>Jeremy Miles</PersonName>
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<P><Text Hanging="indented">This Order brings into force provisions of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (“<Term>the Act</Term>”).</Text></P>
<P><Text Hanging="indented">This Order provides that the provisions listed in article 2 come into force on 11 January 2022 but only for the purposes of making regulations under section 56(1) of the Act and for the purposes of issuing a direction under section 57(1) of the Act.</Text></P>
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<P><Text Hanging="indented">The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by Commencement Order made before the date of this Order:</Text><Tabular Orientation="portrait">
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