1. The title of this Order is the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Order 2006.
2.—(1) In this Order —
“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998(1); and
“the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
(2) In this Order, unless otherwise stated, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the 2006 Act.
3.—(1) The provisions of the 2006 Act specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order are to come into force on 30 June 2008 in relation to Wales.
(2) The provisions specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order are to come into force on 30 June 2008.
(3) The provisions specified in Part 3 of the Schedule to this Order are to come into force on 1 September 2008 in relation to Wales.
4.—(1) Despite the coming into force of section 40 of the 2006 Act and the amendments which that section makes to section 84 of the 1998 Act, the School Admissions Code of Practice(2) and section 84 of the 1998 Act as originally enacted in relation to that Code are to continue in force until the date appointed by the Welsh Ministers for the coming into force of a code for school admissions to replace that Code.
(2) Despite the coming into force of section 40 of the 2006 Act and the amendments which that section makes to section 84 of the 1998 Act, the School Admission Appeals Code of Practice(3) and section 84 of the 1998 Act as originally enacted in relation to that Code are to continue in force —
(a)until the date appointed by the Welsh Ministers for the coming into force of a code for school admission appeals to replace that Code, and
(b)in relation to any appeal made under section 94 of the 1998 Act where a notice of appeal has been given before the date appointed by the Welsh Ministers for the coming into force of a code for school admission appeals to replace that Code.
Jane Hutt
Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers
4 June 2008