The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000

PART I PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 13TH OCTOBER 2000

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Provisions of the Act	Subject matter	Purpose
1	Right of child to school education
2	Duty of education authority in providing school education
3	Raising standards
4	National priorities in education
5	Education authority’s annual statement of improvement objectives
6	School developments plans
7	Review of school performance
8	Delegation schemes
11	Inspection of educational establishments
12	Code of practice as regards inspection of educational establishments
13	Guidance to education authorities: raising standards and delegation schemes
14	Guidance to education authorities as to home education
16	No justification for corporal punishment
17	Ending of self governing status of school
18	Order supplementary to ending of self governing status
19	Transfer of staff of self governing school
20	Provision of information in relation to self governing school
21	Educational endowments in relation to self governing school
24	Registration of independent school
25	Welfare of pupil attending independent school
26	Role of School Board in raising standards and improving quality of education
27	Election of School Board after school ceases to be self governing
29	Restriction of councillor’s membership of School Board
30	Involvement of School Board in preparing short leet for appointment of head teacher etc.
31	Delegation of education authority’s functions to School Board
38	Admission of children under school age to primary school
40	Education outwith school
41	Rights of appeal against exclusion from school
42	Grants in respect of activities relating to school education
43	Placing requests: extent of education authority’s duty
44 (other than the words from “or (vii)” to “numbers;” in section 44(4))	Further provision as respects placing requests
45	Functions of the Council
46(1) and (2)	Constitution of the Council	Only for the purpose of enabling elections to be held and appointments and nominations to be made [amending the 1965 Act and bringing those amendments into force to enable elections to be held] prior to 1st November 2001 for the Council to be constituted in accordance with the 1965 Act as amended by section 46(1) and (2) on that date
46(3)	Repeal
46(5)	Removal from office of the Council members
47	Keeping of the register of teachers
48	Provision of information by the Council
49	Provision of information to the Council	Only for the purpose of the insertion into the 1965 Act and bringing into force of sections 9B(a)(i) and (b) and 9C
51	Appeals	Only for the purpose of insertion into the 1965 Act and bringing into force a substituted section 12(1) (other than the words from “(a) such person” to “or” in the third place where it occurs)
52	Amendment of section 17 of the 1965 Act	Only for the purpose of the insertion into the 1965 Act and bringing into force of a substituted definition of “the register”
53	Power of the Council to borrow money
54	Power of Scottish Ministers to require the Council to establish committees
56	Guidance to education authorities as to manner of conducting sex education
57	Consent of child to medical procedures
58	Interpretation
59	Regulations
60	Minor and consequential amendments and repeals	Only for the purpose of bringing into force paragraphs 1(1), (2), (4) and (5)(d)(i) and 3(1), (2), (5), (6), (7) and (8) of Schedule 2 to the Act and in Schedule 3 to the Act– the entry relating to the 1965 Act; in the entry relating to the 1980 Act, the repeal of the words “in attendance at schools” in section 1(5)(a); and the entry relating to the School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988.