2023 No. 74 (C. 7)
Education
The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023
Made 14th March 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 16th March 2023
Coming into force 29th March 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2) of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016.
2016 asp 8.

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 29 March 2023.

2 Appointed day
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 21 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (learning hours), in so far as not already in force, is 29 March 2023.
SHIRLEY-ANNE SOMERVILLE A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 14th March 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring section 21 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 fully into force on 29 March 2023. Section 21, which inserts section 2ZA into the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, was previously commenced for the limited purposes of consulting on any regulations to be made under that section.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Bill for the 2016 Act received Royal Assent on 8th March 2016. Section 33(1) brought Part 4 of the 2016 Act into force on the day after Royal Assent (apart from section 30). The provisions of the 2016 Act commenced by earlier commencement regulations are detailed in the table below.
Provision	Date of Commencement	Instrument
Section 1 (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 1 (in so far as not already in force)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 2(1) and (2) (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 2(1) and (2) (in so far as not already in force)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 2(3) (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 2(3) (in so far as not already in force)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 2(4)(a) (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 2(4)(a) (in so far as not already in force)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 2(4)(b)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 3(1) and (2) (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 3(1) and (2) (partially)	1st December 2016	2016/192
Section 3(1) and (2) (in so far as not already in force)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 3(3) to (7)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 4	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 5	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 6	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 7 (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 7 (in so far as not already in force)	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 8	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 9	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 10	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 11	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 12	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 13	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 14	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 15	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 16	15th July 2016	2016/192
Section 17	15th July 2016	2016/192
Section 18	1st February 2017	2016/386
Section 19 (partially)	1st January 2017	2016/386
Section 19 (partially)	1st August 2017	2017/164
Section 19 (in so far as not already in force)	10th January 2018	2017/354
Section 20	1st January 2017	2016/386
Section 21(1) and (2) (partially)	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 22(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6)	1st April 2018	2018/36
Section 24 (partially)	1st January 2017	2016/386
Section 24 (in so far as not already in force)	10th January 2018	2017/164 as amended by 2017/352
Section 26	1st January 2017	2016/386
Section 27	1st January 2017	2016/386
Section 28(1)	1st January 2017	2016/386
Section 28(3)	10th January 2018	2017/354
Section 29	1st August 2016	2016/192
Section 30	1st August 2016	2016/192
Schedule, paragraph 15	1st August 2017	2017/164
Schedule, paragraph 20 (partially)	1st January 2017	2016/386
Schedule (in so far as not already in force)	10th January 2018	2017/354