2018 No. 300 (C. 27)
Education, England And Wales
The Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018
Made 5th March 2018

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(2) of the Education and Adoption Act 2016, makes the following Regulations:
2016 c.6.

1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018.

2 Provisions coming into force on 7th March 2018
The following provisions of the Education and Adoption Act 2016 come into force on 7th March 2018:
(a) section 15 (local authority adoption functions: joint arrangements); and
(b) section 16(c) (consequential repeals).
Nadhim Zahawi Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education 5th March 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are the fourth commencement regulations made under the Education and Adoption Act 2016 (“the Act”).
These Regulations appoint 7th March 2018 as the day for the coming into force of section 15 and section 16(c) of the Act. Section 15 provides for the repeal of section 3A and brings into force section 3ZA of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Section 16(c) provides for the repeal of section 4 of the Children and Families Act 2014 which inserted section 3A into the Adoption and Children Act 2002. These Regulations bring the Act into full force.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Sections 2 to 14 inclusive	18th April 2016	2016/466 (C.27)
Section 1 (partially)	5th September 2016	2016/866 (C.61)
Section 1 (fully)	11th January 2017	2017/6 (C. 2)
Section 16	11th January 2017	2017/6 (C. 2)
		