Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
6th August 1999
Laid before Parliament
11th August 1999
Coming into force
1st September 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 144 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1) the Secretary of State for Education and Employment as respects England and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales hereby make the following Regulations:–
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Modification of Section 517) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
(2) In these Regulations “the relevant period” means the period starting on 1st September 1999 and ending on the day when the repeal of section 517 of Education Act 1996 effected by Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 comes into force (and accordingly if different days are appointed for the coming into force of the repeal of that section in relation to England and in relation to Wales the relevant period in relation to England shall be different from that in relation to Wales).
2.—(1) During the relevant period section 517(2) of the Education Act 1996 shall have effect as if–
(a)in subsection (1) for “which is neither a maintained nor a grant-maintained school” there were substituted “which is not a school maintained by a local education authority”;
(b)in subsection (3)–
(i)for “every maintained or grant-maintained school” there were substituted “every school maintained by a local education authority” and
(ii)for “which is neither a maintained nor a grant-maintained school” there were substituted “which is not maintained by a local education authority”; and
(c)in subsection (7) (as inserted by subsection (6)(e)) the words “In this section “grant-maintained school” includes a grant-maintained special school, and” were omitted.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
27th July 1999
David Hanson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
6th August 1999
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make modifications to section 517 of the Education Act 1996 during the period starting on 1st September 1999 and ending when the repeal of section 517 effected by Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 comes into force. The modifications relate to the new framework for maintained schools introduced by Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1999.
Section 517 has effect with the modifications specified in subsection (6) of that section from 1st September 1997; see S.I. 1997/1623.