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Education Act 1973
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Educational trustsE+W
1 General provisions as to educational trusts.E+W
(1)There shall cease to have effect—
(a)section 2 of the M1Charities Act 1960 (by which, as originally enacted, the powers of the Charity Commissioners were made exercisable concurrently by the Minister of Education); and
(b)the Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1948 (which made provision for the modernisation of educational trusts by schemes settled and approved in accordance with those Acts).
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(3)In connection with the operation of this section there shall have effect the transitional and other consequential or supplementary provisions contained in Schedule 1 to this Act.
(4)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act (which includes in Part I certain enactments already spent or otherwise no longer required apart from the foregoing provisions of this section) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule.
(5)Subsection (1)(a) above and Part III of Schedule 2 to this Act shall not come into force until such date as may be appointed by order made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(2) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt.I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)
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C1The text of s. 1(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
C21.2.1974 appointed under s. 1(5) by S.I. 1973/1661
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F2S. 2 repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt.I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)
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F3S. 3 repealed (1.1.1999) by 1998 c. 30, s. 44(2), Sch. 4 (with s. 42(8)); S.I. 1998/3237, art. 2(1)(b) (with arts. 3, 4); And words in s. 3 (to the extent that they continue in force by virtue of any savings made, in connection with their repeal by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 5(1)Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(b)
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F4S. 4 repealed by Education Act 1980 (c. 20, SIF 41:1), s. 38(7), Sch. 7
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5 Citation and extent.E+W
(1)This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1973 F5. . ..
(2)Nothing in this Act extends to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in s. 5(1) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt.I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)
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