1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Infant Class Sizes) (Modification) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to any existing maintained school in England or Wales which contains an infant class.
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996(1);
“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“existing maintained school” means
any county or voluntary school, or
any grant-maintained school,
(within the meaning of the 1996 Act) which contains an infant class;
“infant class” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1998 Act;
“relevant time”, in relation to an existing maintained school, means any time after the coming into force of Regulations under section 1 of the 1998 Act by virtue of which any limit on class sizes is to apply in relation to the school(2).
3.—(1) The provisions of the 1996 Act referred to in the Schedule shall have effect in relation to any existing maintained school with the modifications specified in that Schedule for the period so specified.
(2) This regulation applies despite anything in the articles or instrument of government of that school.