(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order provides for the coming into force in Wales on 8th December 2001 of certain provisions of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 to allow regulations relating to special educational needs (SEN) to be made in advance of the commencement of other provisions of the Act relating to SEN.

It also provides for the coming into force in Wales on 1st April 2002 of other provisions in the Act relating to SEN, including provisions relating to the compliance by local education authorities with SEN Tribunal orders, appeals to the SEN Tribunal, the identification and assessment of educational needs and amending statements of SEN.