Part IIIGeneral

Final provisions

48Short title, commencement and extent

1

This Act may be cited as the School Inspections Act 1996.

2

This Act shall come into force on 1st November 1996.

3

Subject to subsections (4) and (5), this Act extends to England and Wales only.

4

This section and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

5

The amendments in Schedule 6 and the repeals in Schedule 7 have the same extent as the enactments to which they refer.