The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2002

Nursery education, special schools and children with statements

2.  Despite the coming into force of paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act, in relation to the amendment of section 98 of the 1998 Act,

(a) the amendment made by sub-paragraph (2) shall not have effect in relation to the admission of a child to a maintained school for nursery education for any school year earlier than the 2004-05 school year;

(b) the amendments made by sub-paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) shall not have effect in relation to the admission of a child to–

(i) a maintained school for nursery education, or (as the case may be)

(ii) a maintained nursery school,

for any school year earlier than the 2003-04 school year; and

(c) the amendment made by sub-paragraph (6) shall not have effect in relation to the admission to a maintained school of a child for whom a statement is maintained under section 324 of the 1996 Act for any school year earlier than the 2004-05 school year.