The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Supplemental, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998

Partial selection

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2)–

(a) section 99(1)(1); and

(b) section 101(4)(2),

shall not affect any provision for selection by ability which is made by admission arrangements for a maintained school which were determined by the admission authority for the school before 1st October 1998.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) only applies in so far as the relevant provision for selection by ability relates to the admission of pupils to the school in the 1999/2000 school year or any earlier school year.

(3) In this paragraph, “maintained school”–

(a) in relation to any time before the appointed day(3), means a county, voluntary or grant-maintained school within the meaning of the Education Act 1996;

(b) in relation to any later time, has the meaning given by section 99(5) of the 1998 Act.

(1)

section 99 is modified by S.I. 1998/2230.

(2)

section 101 is modified by S.I. 1998/2230.

(3)

The appointed day is 1st September 1999 by virtue of S.I. 1998/2083.