Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1513 (C. 78)
Education, England And Wales
The Education and Skills Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009
Made
18th June 2009
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 173 of the Education and Skills Act 2008( 1 ):
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Education and Skills Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Education and Skills Act 2008.
Provisions coming into force on 19th June 2009
2. —(1) Section 86 of the Act (learning aims for persons aged 19 and over) comes into force on 19th June 2009 for the purposes of exercising any power to make subordinate legislation conferred by section 4A, 4B or 4C of, or Schedule 1A to, the Learning and Skills Act 2000( 2 ).
(2) Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Act (regulation and inspection of independent educational institutions in England) comes into force on 19th June 2009 for the purposes of making regulations.
Provisions coming into force on 1st September 2009
3. The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st September 2009—
section 81 (careers education: information and advice);
section 146 (abolition of requirement of approval for independent schools: England);
section 147 (approval of independent schools: consequential amendments);
section 148 (approval of independent schools: transitional provision);
Schedule 2 (repeals and revocations) so far as it repeals the words in section 349(1) of the Education Act 1996( 3 ), and section 169(2) so far as it relates to that repeal.
Diana Johnson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Children, Schools and Families
18th June 2009