The Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings certain provisions of the Education Act 1997 into force on 1st March 1998, 1st April 1998, 1st August 1998, 1st September 1998, 1st November 1998, 1st April 1999 and 1st September 1999. The provisions are listed in Parts I to VII respectively of Schedule 1 to the Order. The commencement on 1st April 1998 of sections 2 and 3 of the 1997 Act has effect subject to Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order.

Schedule 2 to the Order contains transitional provisions.

Part I of Schedule 2 relates to the commencement of sections 2 (responsibility for discipline: LEA-maintained schools) and 3 (responsibility for discipline: grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools), which are brought into force on 1st April 1998 by virtue of Article 2(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 1 to, this Order.

Part II of Schedule 2 relates to the commencement of sections 5 (detention) and 6 to 8 (exclusion of pupils from school) of, and Schedule 1 (appeals against exclusion of pupils from grant-maintained schools) to, the 1997 Act, which are brought into force on 1st September 1998 by virtue of Article 2(4) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1, to this Order.