S. 49 partly in force; s. 49 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 58(3); s. 49(1) in force for certain purposes at 1.10.1997 and s. 49(2)(3) in force at 1.10.1997 by S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I; s. 49(1) in force for all other purposes at 1.3.1998 and s. 49(4) in force at 1.3.1998 by S.I. 1998/386, art. 2 Sch. 1 Pt. I

S. 52, as partially repealed, wholly in force at 1.10.1998; s. 52 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 58(3); s. 52(4) in force at 1.9.1997 by S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. II; s. 52(1)-(3) in force at 1.8.1998 by S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 57 partly in force; S. 57(1) partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 58(4); s. 57(4) in force for certain purposes at 4.4.1997 by S.I. 1997/1153, art. 2; s. 57(1)(4) in force for certain purposes at 14.6.1997, 1.9.1997 and 1.10.1997 and s. 57(2)(3) in force at 1.9.1997 by S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2, Sch. 1, Pts. I, II, III; s. 57(1)(4) in force for certain purposes at 1.9.2001 by S.I. 2001/1215, art. 2

S. 50 repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para.218, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch.1

S. 52(4)(5) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, ss. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para.218, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2, Sch.1, Pt. I

S. 57(2) repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para.220, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(3), Sch.3

S. 57(3) repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para.220, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(3), Sch.3

Words in s. 58(4) repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para.221, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1

Words in s. 58(6) substituted (1.10.2002) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 189, Sch. 17 para. 9 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 2

1996 c. 56.

1988 c. 40.

1996 c. 56.

1982 c. 39.

1891 c. 39.

1996 c. 56.

1996 c. 56.

S. 54(3) power partly exercised (3.4.1997): 4.4.1997 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1997/1153

s. 54(3) power partly exercised (5.6.1997): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1997/1468 (with savings and transitional provisions)

S. 54(3) power partly exercised (24.2.1998): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1998/386 (with savings and transitional provisions)

S. 58(3) power partly exercised (3.4.1997): 4.4.1997 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1997/1153

S. 58(3) power partly exercised (5.6.1997): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1997/1468 (with savings and transitional provisions)

S. 58(3) power partly exercised (24.2.1998): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1998/386 (with savings and transitional provisions)

S. 58(3) power partly exercised (26.3.2001): 1.9.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/1215, art. 2

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/44/part/VIII/2002-10-01Education Act 1997An Act to amend the law relating to education in schools and further education in England and Wales; to make provision for the supervision of the awarding of external academic and vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.1997-03-21texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-222002-10-01Part VIII Miscellaneous and general Exceptional educational provision
47 Functions of LEAs as regards exceptional educational provision.(1)

Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 (exceptional provision of education in pupil referral units or elsewhere) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1) (duty of local education authority to make arrangements for provision of suitable full-time or part-time education, at school or otherwise, for excluded children etc.), the words “full-time or part-time” shall be omitted.

(3)

In subsection (4) (power of local education authority to make arrangements for provision of suitable full-time or part-time education, otherwise than at school, for excluded young persons etc.), the words “full-time or part-time” shall be omitted.

(4)

After that subsection there shall be inserted—(4A)

In determining what arrangements to make under subsection (1) or (4) in the case of any child or young person a local education authority shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.

Management committees for pupil referral units
48 Management committees for pupil referral units.

At the end of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996 (pupil referral units) there shall be added— Management committees15(1)

Regulations may make provision—

(a)

for requiring any local education authority who maintain a pupil referral unit to establish a committee to act as the management committee for the unit; and

(b)

for that committee to discharge on behalf of the authority such of their functions in connection with the unit as are delegated by them to the committee in accordance with the regulations.

(2)

Regulations under this paragraph may in particular make provision—

(a)

for enabling a local education authority to establish a joint committee to act as the management committee for two or more pupil referral units maintained by the authority;

(b)

for requiring the approval of the Secretary of State to be obtained before any such joint committee is established;

(c)

as to the composition of a management committee established under the regulations and—

(i)

the appointment and removal of its members, and

(ii)

their terms of office,

and in particular for requiring such a committee to include persons representing schools (including grant-maintained schools) situated in the area from which the unit or units in question may be expected to draw pupils;

(d)

for requiring or (as the case may be) prohibiting the delegation by a local education authority to a management committee of such functions in connection with pupil referral units as are specified in the regulations;

(e)

for authorising a management committee to establish sub-committees;

(f)

for enabling (subject to any provisions of the regulations) a local education authority or a management committee to determine to any extent the committee’s procedure and that of any sub-committee;

(g)

for limiting the personal liability of members of any such committee or sub-committee in respect of their acts or omissions as such members;

(h)

for applying to any such committee or sub-committee, with or without modification—

(i)

any provision of the Education Acts, or

(ii)

any provision made by or under any other enactment and relating to committees or (as the case may be) sub-committees of a local authority.

Teachers not under contract of employment and persons having access to those under 19
49 Power to make regulations: teachers not under contract of employment and persons having access to those under 19.(1)

Section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (power of Secretary of State to make regulations in respect of schools and further and higher education institutions) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

After subsection (6) there shall be inserted—(6A)

The Secretary of State may by regulations impose requirements on—

(a)

local education authorities,

(b)

the governing bodies of schools or institutions falling within subsection (10) below, or

(c)

the proprietors of independent schools,

for the purpose of prohibiting or restricting, on medical grounds or in cases of misconduct, access to persons who have not attained the age of nineteen years by persons (not falling within subsection (6) above) who provide services falling within subsection (6B).

(6B)

Those services are services provided in relation to the school or institution or persons attending it which—

(a)

are provided by whatever means and whether under contract or otherwise, and

(b)

bring the persons providing them regularly into contact with persons who have not attained the age of nineteen years.

(3)

In subsection (12) (definition of “school”), after “(6)(d)” there shall be inserted “ or (6A) ”.

(4)

After subsection (12) there shall be inserted—(13)

For the purposes of this section—

(a)

any reference to persons employed as teachers includes a reference to persons engaged to provide their services as teachers otherwise than under contracts of employment; and

(b)

any reference to teachers or other persons employed by local education authorities or by any description of governing bodies or proprietors includes a reference to teachers or other persons engaged to provide their services for such authorities, governing bodies or proprietors (as the case may be) otherwise than under contracts of employment;

and any reference to employment (or further employment) shall be construed accordingly.

Costs of teachers’ premature retirement
50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Definition of “school”
51 Definition of “school”.

In section 4 of the Education Act 1996 (definition of “school”), for subsection (1) there shall be substituted—(1)

In this Act “school” means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the higher education sector and is an institution for providing—

(a)

primary education,

(b)

secondary education, or

(c)

both primary and secondary education,

whether or not the institution also provides part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or further education.

Compulsory school age
52 Commencement of compulsory school age.(1)

Section 8 of the Education Act 1996 (compulsory school age) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

(2)

For subsection (2) there shall be substituted—(2)

A person begins to be of compulsory school age—

(a)

when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and

(b)

otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age.

(3)

For subsection (4) there shall be substituted—(4)

The Secretary of State may by order—

(a)

provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2);

(b)

determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year.

(4)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General provisions
53 Stamp duty.(1)

Subject to subsection (2), stamp duty shall not be chargeable in respect of any transfer effected by virtue of section 30 or 34.

(2)

No instrument (other than a statutory instrument) made or executed in pursuance of either of the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) shall be treated as duly stamped unless it is stamped with the duty to which it would, but for this section (and, if applicable, section 129 of the Finance Act 1982), be liable or it has, in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Stamp Act 1891, been stamped with a particular stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty or that it has been duly stamped.

54 Orders and regulations.(1)

Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations under this Act, except an order u.nder section 25 or 31, shall be exercised by statutory instrument.

(2)

A statutory instrument containing any order or regulations under this Act, except an order under section 58, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)

Any order or regulations under this Act may make different provision for different cases, circumstances or areas and may contain such incidental, supplemental, saving or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(4)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), any order or regulations under this Act may make in relation to Wales provision different from that made in relation to England.

55 Financial provisions.

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)

any sums required for the payment by the Secretary of State of grants under this Act;

(b)

any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of this Act; and

(c)

any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other Act.

56 Construction.(1)

In this Act—

prescribed” means prescribed by regulations; and

regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act.

(2)

This Act shall be construed as one with the Education Act 1996.

(3)

Where, however, an expression is given for the purposes of any provision of this Act a meaning different from that given to it for the purposes of that Act, the meaning given for the purposes of that provision shall apply instead of the one given for the purposes of that Act.

57 Minor and consequential amendments, repeals etc.(1)

The minor and consequential amendments set out in Schedule 7 shall have effect.

(2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

The enactments specified in Schedule 8 are repealed to the extent specified.

58 Short title, commencement and extent etc.(1)

This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1997.

(2)

This Act shall be included in the list of Education Acts set out in section 578 of the Education Act 1996.

(3)

Subject to subsection (4), this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.

(4)

The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

. . .

section 54,

paragraph 48(2) of Schedule 7 and section 57(1) so far as relating thereto, and

this section.

(5)

Subject to subsections (6) and (7), this Act extends to England and Wales only.

(6)

The following provisions extend to Northern Ireland—

sections 21 and 22,

section 24(4),

sections 26 and 26A,

sections 34 to 36,

section 53,

section 54,

this section, and

Schedule 4.

(7)

The amendment or repeal by this Act of an enactment extending to Scotland or Northern Ireland extends also to Scotland or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland.

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S. 49 partly in force; s. 49 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 58(3); s. 49(1) in force for certain purposes at 1.10.1997 and s. 49(2)(3) in force at 1.10.1997 by
<ref eId="c00585" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468">S.I. 1997/1468</ref>
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<ref eId="c00587" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/schedule/1/part/I">Sch. 1 Pt. I</ref>
; s. 49(1) in force for all other purposes at 1.3.1998 and s. 49(4) in force at 1.3.1998 by
<ref eId="c00589" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386">S.I. 1998/386</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00590" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386/article/2/schedule/1/part/I">art. 2 Sch. 1 Pt. I</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="c11260481" marker="I2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00602" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/52">S. 52</ref>
, as partially repealed, wholly in force at 1.10.1998;
<ref eId="c00603" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/52">s. 52</ref>
not in force at Royal Assent see
<ref eId="c00604" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/58/3">s. 58(3)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00605" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/52/4">s. 52(4)</ref>
in force at 1.9.1997 by
<ref eId="c00606" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468">S.I. 1997/1468</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00607" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00608" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/schedule/1/part/II">Sch. 1 Pt. II</ref>
;
<rref eId="c00609" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/52/1" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/52/3">s. 52(1)-(3)</rref>
in force at 1.8.1998 by
<ref eId="c00610" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386">S.I. 1998/386</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00611" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00612" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="c11260581" marker="I3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00634" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57">S. 57</ref>
partly in force;
<ref eId="c00635" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57/1">S. 57(1)</ref>
partly in force at Royal Assent see
<ref eId="c00636" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/58/4">s. 58(4)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00637" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57/4">s. 57(4)</ref>
in force for certain purposes at 4.4.1997 by
<ref eId="c00638" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1153">S.I. 1997/1153</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00639" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1153/article/2">art. 2</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00640" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57/1/4">s. 57(1)(4)</ref>
in force for certain purposes at 14.6.1997, 1.9.1997 and 1.10.1997 and s. 57(2)(3) in force at 1.9.1997 by
<ref eId="c00641" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468">S.I. 1997/1468</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00642" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00643" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00644" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/part/I">Pts. I</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00645" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/part/II">II</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00646" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468/part/III">III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00647" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57/1/4">s. 57(1)(4)</ref>
in force for certain purposes at 1.9.2001 by
<ref eId="c00648" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1215">S.I. 2001/1215</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00649" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1215/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c11260451" marker="F1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00592" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/50">S. 50</ref>
repealed (1.4.1999) by
<ref eId="c00593" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31">1998 c. 31</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00594" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3">s. 140(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00595" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/218">Sch. 30 para.218</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00596" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31">Sch. 31</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00597" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9">ss. 138(9)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00598" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6">144(6)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00599" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016">S.I. 1999/1016</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00600" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00601" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/1">Sch.1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c11260501" marker="F2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00614" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/52/4/5">S. 52(4)(5)</ref>
repealed (1.10.1998) by
<ref eId="c00615" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31">1998 c. 31</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00616" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3">ss. 140(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00617" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/218">Sch. 30 para.218</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00618" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31">Sch. 31</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00619" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9">ss. 138(9)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00620" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6">144(6)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00621" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2212">S.I. 1998/2212</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00622" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2212/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00623" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2212/schedule/1">Sch.1</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00624" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2212/part/I">Pt. I</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c11260591" marker="F3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00650" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57/2">S. 57(2)</ref>
repealed (1.9.1999) by
<ref eId="c00651" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31">1998 c. 31</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00652" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3">s. 140(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00653" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/220">Sch. 30 para.220</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00654" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31">Sch. 31</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00655" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9">ss. 138(9)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00656" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6">144(6)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00657" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016">S.I. 1999/1016</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00658" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/article/2/3">art. 2(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00659" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/3">Sch.3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c11260601" marker="F4">
<p>
<ref eId="c00660" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/57/3">S. 57(3)</ref>
repealed (1.9.1999) by
<ref eId="c00661" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31">1998 c. 31</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00662" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3">s. 140(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00663" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/220">Sch. 30 para.220</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00664" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31">Sch. 31</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00665" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9">ss. 138(9)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00666" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6">144(6)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00667" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016">S.I. 1999/1016</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00668" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/article/2/3">art. 2(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00669" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/3">Sch.3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c11260661" marker="F5">
<p>
Words in s. 58(4) repealed (1.9.1999) by
<ref eId="c00681" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31">1998 c. 31</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00682" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3">s. 140(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00683" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/221">Sch. 30 para.221</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00684" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31">Sch. 31</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00685" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9">ss. 138(9)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00686" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6">144(6)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00687" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2323">S.I. 1999/2323</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00688" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2323/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00689" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2323/schedule/1">Sch.1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c17908011" marker="F6">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="c00690" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/44/section/58/6">s. 58(6)</ref>
substituted (1.10.2002) by
<ref eId="c00691" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/32">Education Act 2002 (c. 32)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00692" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/32/section/189">s. 189</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00693" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/32/schedule/17/paragraph/9">Sch. 17 para. 9</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00694" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/32/section/210/8">ss. 210(8)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00695" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/32/section/214/4">214(4)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00696" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/2439">S.I. 2002/2439</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00697" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/2439/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260411" marker="M1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00580" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56">1996 c. 56</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260431" marker="M2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00591" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/40">1988 c. 40</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260491" marker="M3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00613" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56">1996 c. 56</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260521" marker="M4">
<p>
<ref eId="c00625" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/39">1982 c. 39</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260531" marker="M5">
<p>
<ref eId="c00626" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1891/39">1891 c. 39</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260551" marker="M6">
<p>
<ref eId="c00633" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56">1996 c. 56</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c11260641" marker="M7">
<p>
<ref eId="c00676" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56">1996 c. 56</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="P" class="commentary P" eId="c11260541" marker="P1">
<p>
S. 54(3) power partly exercised (3.4.1997): 4.4.1997 appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00628" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1153">S.I. 1997/1153</ref>
</p>
<p>
s. 54(3) power partly exercised (5.6.1997): different dates appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00630" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468">S.I. 1997/1468</ref>
(with savings and transitional provisions)
</p>
<p>
S. 54(3) power partly exercised (24.2.1998): different dates appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00632" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386">S.I. 1998/386</ref>
(with savings and transitional provisions)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="P" class="commentary P" eId="c11260631" marker="P2">
<p>
S. 58(3) power partly exercised (3.4.1997): 4.4.1997 appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00671" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1153">S.I. 1997/1153</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 58(3) power partly exercised (5.6.1997): different dates appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00673" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1468">S.I. 1997/1468</ref>
(with savings and transitional provisions)
</p>
<p>
S. 58(3) power partly exercised (24.2.1998): different dates appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00675" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/386">S.I. 1998/386</ref>
(with savings and transitional provisions)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="P" class="commentary P" eId="c11260651" marker="P3">
<p>
S. 58(3) power partly exercised (26.3.2001): 1.9.2001 appointed for specified provisions by
<ref eId="c00678" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1215">S.I. 2001/1215</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00679" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1215/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
</notes>
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Section 19 of the
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<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
), the words “full-time or part-time” shall be omitted.
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<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-VIII-crossheading-management-committees-for-pupil-referral-units">
<heading> Management committees for pupil referral units</heading>
<section eId="section-48">
<num>48</num>
<heading> Management committees for pupil referral units.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
At the end of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996 (pupil referral units) there shall be added—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default">
<hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7">
<heading> Management committees</heading>
<paragraph class="schProv1">
<num>15</num>
<subparagraph>
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make provision—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>for requiring any local education authority who maintain a pupil referral unit to establish a committee to act as the management committee for the unit; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>for that committee to discharge on behalf of the authority such of their functions in connection with the unit as are delegated by them to the committee in accordance with the regulations.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph>
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under this paragraph may in particular make provision—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>for enabling a local education authority to establish a joint committee to act as the management committee for two or more pupil referral units maintained by the authority;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>for requiring the approval of the Secretary of State to be obtained before any such joint committee is established;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(c)</num>
<intro>
<p>as to the composition of a management committee established under the regulations and—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>the appointment and removal of its members, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>their terms of office,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and in particular for requiring such a committee to include persons representing schools (including grant-maintained schools) situated in the area from which the unit or units in question may be expected to draw pupils;</p>
</wrapUp>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>for requiring or (as the case may be) prohibiting the delegation by a local education authority to a management committee of such functions in connection with pupil referral units as are specified in the regulations;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(e)</num>
<content>
<p>for authorising a management committee to establish sub-committees;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(f)</num>
<content>
<p>for enabling (subject to any provisions of the regulations) a local education authority or a management committee to determine to any extent the committee’s procedure and that of any sub-committee;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(g)</num>
<content>
<p>for limiting the personal liability of members of any such committee or sub-committee in respect of their acts or omissions as such members;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(h)</num>
<intro>
<p>for applying to any such committee or sub-committee, with or without modification—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>any provision of the Education Acts, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>any provision made by or under any other enactment and relating to committees or (as the case may be) sub-committees of a local authority.</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
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</p>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-VIII-crossheading-teachers-not-under-contract-of-employment-and-persons-having-access-to-those-under-19">
<heading> Teachers not under contract of employment and persons having access to those under 19</heading>
<section eId="section-49">
<num>49</num>
<heading> Power to make regulations: teachers not under contract of employment and persons having access to those under 19.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-49-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
Section 218 of the
<noteRef href="#c11260431" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Education Reform Act 1988 (power of Secretary of State to make regulations in respect of schools and further and higher education institutions) shall be amended as follows.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
After subsection (6) there shall be inserted—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">
<subsection>
<num>(6A)</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State may by regulations impose requirements on—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>local education authorities,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the governing bodies of schools or institutions falling within subsection (10) below, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the proprietors of independent schools,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>for the purpose of prohibiting or restricting, on medical grounds or in cases of misconduct, access to persons who have not attained the age of nineteen years by persons (not falling within subsection (6) above) who provide services falling within subsection (6B).</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<num>(6B)</num>
<intro>
<p>Those services are services provided in relation to the school or institution or persons attending it which—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>are provided by whatever means and whether under contract or otherwise, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>bring the persons providing them regularly into contact with persons who have not attained the age of nineteen years.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
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</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
In subsection (12) (definition of “
<term refersTo="#term-school" eId="term-school">school</term>
”), after “(6)(d)” there shall be inserted
<quotedText>“ or (6A) ”</quotedText>
.
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</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
After subsection (12) there shall be inserted—
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<subsection>
<num>(13)</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this section—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>any reference to persons employed as teachers includes a reference to persons engaged to provide their services as teachers otherwise than under contracts of employment; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>any reference to teachers or other persons employed by local education authorities or by any description of governing bodies or proprietors includes a reference to teachers or other persons engaged to provide their services for such authorities, governing bodies or proprietors (as the case may be) otherwise than under contracts of employment;</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and any reference to employment (or further employment) shall be construed accordingly.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
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</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
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<heading> Costs of teachers’ premature retirement</heading>
<section eId="section-50">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11260451" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
50
</num>
<heading>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</heading>
<content>
<p/>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-VIII-crossheading-definition-of-school">
<heading> Definition of “school”</heading>
<section eId="section-51">
<num>51</num>
<heading> Definition of “school”.</heading>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
In section 4 of the Education Act 1996 (definition of “
<term refersTo="#term-school" eId="term-school">school</term>
”), for subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">
<subsection>
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this Act “
<term refersTo="#term-school">school</term>
” means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the higher education sector and is an institution for providing—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>primary education,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>secondary education, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>both primary and secondary education,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>whether or not the institution also provides part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or further education.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
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</p>
</content>
</section>
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<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-VIII-crossheading-compulsory-school-age">
<heading> Compulsory school age</heading>
<section eId="section-52">
<num>52</num>
<heading> Commencement of compulsory school age.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-52-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
Section 8 of the
<noteRef href="#c11260491" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Education Act 1996 (compulsory school age) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
For subsection (2) there shall be substituted—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">
<subsection>
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person begins to be of compulsory school age—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
For subsection (4) there shall be substituted—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default">
<subsection>
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State may by order—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-4">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11260501" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(4)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11260501" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(5)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
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<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-VIII-crossheading-general-provisions">
<heading> General provisions</heading>
<section eId="section-53">
<num>53</num>
<heading> Stamp duty.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-53-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to subsection (2), stamp duty shall not be chargeable in respect of any transfer effected by virtue of section 30 or 34.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-53-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
No instrument (other than a statutory instrument) made or executed in pursuance of either of the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) shall be treated as duly stamped unless it is stamped with the duty to which it would, but for this section (and, if applicable, section 129 of the
<noteRef href="#c11260521" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Finance Act 1982), be liable or it has, in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the
<noteRef href="#c11260531" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Stamp Act 1891, been stamped with a particular stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty or that it has been duly stamped.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-54">
<num>54</num>
<heading> Orders and regulations.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-54-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations under this Act, except an order u.nder section 25 or 31, shall be exercised by statutory instrument.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>A statutory instrument containing any order or regulations under this Act, except an order under section 58, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Any order or regulations under this Act may make different provision for different cases, circumstances or areas and may contain such incidental, supplemental, saving or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), any order or regulations under this Act may make in relation to Wales provision different from that made in relation to England.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-55">
<num>55</num>
<heading> Financial provisions.</heading>
<intro>
<p>There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-55-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>any sums required for the payment by the Secretary of State of grants under this Act;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-55-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of this Act; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-55-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other Act.</p>
</content>
</level>
</section>
<section eId="section-56">
<num>56</num>
<heading> Construction.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-56-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>In this Act—</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-prescribed" eId="term-prescribed">prescribed</term>
” means prescribed by regulations; and
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-regulations" eId="term-regulations">regulations</term>
” means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-56-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
This Act shall be construed as one with the
<noteRef href="#c11260551" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Education Act 1996.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-56-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Where, however, an expression is given for the purposes of any provision of this Act a meaning different from that given to it for the purposes of that Act, the meaning given for the purposes of that provision shall apply instead of the one given for the purposes of that Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-57">
<num>57</num>
<heading>
Minor and consequential amendments, repeals
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-57-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>The minor and consequential amendments set out in Schedule 7 shall have effect.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-57-2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11260591" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(2)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-57-3">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11260601" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(3)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-57-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>The enactments specified in Schedule 8 are repealed to the extent specified.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-58">
<num>58</num>
<heading>
Short title, commencement and extent
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-58-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1997.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-58-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
This Act shall be included in the list of Education Acts set out in section 578 of the
<noteRef href="#c11260641" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Education Act 1996.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-58-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to subsection (4), this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-58-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—</p>
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<p>section 54,</p>
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<p>paragraph 48(2) of Schedule 7 and section 57(1) so far as relating thereto, and</p>
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<subsection eId="section-58-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to subsections (6) and (7), this Act extends to England and Wales only.</p>
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