Citation

1. This Order may be cited as The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No.9 and Savings) Order 2006.

Provisions coming into force

2. The following provisions of the Education Act 2002 shall come into force except in relation to Wales on 6th November 2006—

• section 18 to the extent that it is not already in force;

• section 134 to the extent that it is not already in force;

• sections 136 to 138;

• section 140;

• section 146 to the extent that it is not already in force;

• section 148 to the extent that it is not already in force;

• section 154(3);

• section 158(3);

• section 178 to the extent that it is not already in force;

• section 215(1) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 21 listed below;

• section 215(2) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 22 listed below;

• Schedule 12 to the extent that it is not already in force;

• in Schedule 21—

  • paragraphs 5, 6, 10,15, 55, 79 and 125;

• in Schedule 22 the following repeals—

  • the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, in Schedule 2, paragraph 4;

  • the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983, section 1(6);

  • the Education Reform Act 1988, section 218 to the extent that it is not already repealed;

  • the Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 98(2)(c)(ii);

  • the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 , the words “in section 37, subsection (1)(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it and subsections(8)(a) and (9)”;

  • the Education Act 1996 , section 545(2)(a), the words “or section 218(7) of the Education Reform Act 1988 ”;

  • the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, in Schedule 3, paragraph 5;

  • the School Standards and Frameworks Act 1998 , in section 63, in subsections (1) and (3) the word “unauthorised” and, in subsection (4), the definition of “unauthorised absence”.

Savings

3. Despite the repeal of section 218(1)(b) of the Education Reform Act 1988, the Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) Regulations 2001( 2 ) shall remain in force (and may be amended or revoked by regulations made under section 136(a) of the Education Act 2002).