Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3785
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made
27th November 2001
Laid before Parliament
29th November 2001
Coming into force
1st January 2002
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 63 and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 1 ), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 1st January 2002.
(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
Amendment
2.The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 1999( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.
3. In regulation 3(1) (Duty to set school attendance targets), for “of the three school years” there shall be substituted “school year specified in the notice”.
4. In regulation 4 (Notice by the Secretary of State)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “of the three school years” there shall be substituted “school year specified in the notice;
(b) in paragraph (2)(b), for “of the three school years” there shall be substituted “school year specified in the notice”.
5. In regulation 5(1) (Condition precedent) the words “by at least 3 percentage points” shall be deleted.
Catherine Ashton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Skills
27th November 2001
1998 c. 31 ; by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ), the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. For the definition of “regulations” see section 142(1).
S.I. 1999/397 .