Commencement of and transitional provisions relating to Chapter I of Part V
8.—(1) Until the entry into force of sections 182 and 188 of the Act, Chapter I of Part V of the Act shall have effect as if any reference in that Chapter to a maintained special school were a reference to a special school maintained by a local education authority.
(2) Until the entry into force of paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Act, section 210(7) of the Act shall have effect as if the reference in that section to that paragraph were a reference to paragraph (j) of section 58(5) of the 1988 Act.