Version Superseded: 01/04/2010
Point in time view as at 31/07/2008. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Education Act 1997, Section 58 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(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 M1Education 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—
F1. . .
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),
[F2sections 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.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 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)
P2S. 58(3) power partly exercised (26.3.2001): 1.9.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/1215, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 58(4) repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para.221, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
F2Words 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
Marginal Citations
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