The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2007—

• section 11 (duty to assess childcare provision), in so far as it is not already in force,

• section 15 (powers of Secretary of State to secure proper performance etc.),

• section 16 (amendments of Children Act 2004),

• in relation to England, paragraph 31 of Schedule 2 (and section 103(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph),

• section 103(2) to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 3 specified below—

• in Schedule 3 the repeal—

  • in relation to England, of section 118A of the School Standards and Framework Act 19984,

  • in relation to England, of section 149(1) of the Education Act 20025,

  • in sections 18 and 23 of the Children Act 20046, the words there specified.