1. This Order may be cited as the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1992.
2. The provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (“the Act”) specified in column 1 of Schedules 1 to 4 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 thereof) shall come into force on the date specified in relation to each Schedule in the following table—
| Schedule 1 | 6th May 1992 |
| Schedule 2 | 30th September 1992 |
| Schedule 3 | 1st April 1993 |
| Schedule 4 | 1st August 1993. |
3. Paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall come into force on 1st September 1992 so far as it relates to institutions within the PCFC funding sector and otherwise on 1st April 1993, but this article does not extend to Wales.
4. Notwithstanding the coming into force on 6th May 1992 of paragraphs 61 to 65 of Schedule 8 to the Act(1) paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the Education Reform Act 1988(2) shall continue to have effect in relation to any matter notified to the Secretary of State by the Education Assets Board prior to that date pursuant to that paragraph.
5. For the purposes only of ascertaining under section 48(4)(b) of the Act whether a pay and conditions order would have had effect in relation to a person, no account shall be taken in determining the meaning of “secondary education” in the definition of “school teacher” in section 5 of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991(3) of the amendments by the Act to the definitions of “secondary education” and “further education” in the Education Act 1944(4).
Kenneth Clarke
Secretary of State for Education and Science
16th March 1992