Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3943 (C.135)
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Education (Special Educational Needs Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2001
Made
5th December 2001
Laid before Parliament
10th December 2001
Coming into force
1st January 2002
In the exercise of the powers conferred by section 314(4) and 568(1) and (5) of the Education Act 1996( 1 ) the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (Special Educational Needs Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st January 2002.
(2) This Order applies in relation to England.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the Appointed Day” means 1st January 2002;
“the 1994 Order” means the Education (Special Educational Needs Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) Order 1994( 2 ).
Appointed Day
3. The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice issued pursuant to section 314(4) of the Education Act 1996 on 3rd December 2001 shall come into effect on the Appointed Day.
Consequential and revocation
4. —(1) The Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs issued pursuant to the 1994 Order shall cease to have effect in so far as it relates to England on the Appointed Day.
(2) The 1994 Order is hereby revoked in so far as it relates to England.
Estelle Morris
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
5th December 2001
S.I. 1994/1414 .