4.—(1) This sub-paragraph applies where a pupil is excluded before 20th January 2003 by the head teacher of a maintained school or (as the case may be) the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit.
(2) Despite the coming into force of—
(a)sections 52(1) to (6) of the 2002 Act, and
(b)the repeal of sections 64 to 68 of, and Schedule 18 to, the 1998 Act,
the following provisions, namely—
(i)sections 64 to 68 of, and Schedule 18 to, the 1998 Act, and
(ii)the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Appeals against permanent exclusions) (England ) Regulations 2002(1),
shall continue to have effect, as appropriate, in relation to an exclusion to which sub-paragraph (1) applies.
S.I 2002/2550