The Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2011

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 1951 (W.215) (C.70)

EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2011

Made

29 July 2011

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 26 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009(1), make the following Order:

Title and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2011.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

(3) In this Order—

• “the 2009 Measure” (“Mesur 2009”) means the Education (Wales) Measure 2009.

Commencement

2.  Sections 21 (foundation phase) and 22 (Local curriculum entitlements for students aged 16 to 18) of the 2009 Measure are to come into force on 1 September 2011.

Leighton Andrews

Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers

29 July 2011

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the second commencement Order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (“the 2009 Measure”). The Order brings sections 21 and 22 of the 2009 Measure into force on 1 September 2011.

Section 21 of the 2009 Measure removes the references to the first key stage from Part 7 of the Education Act 2002 and also substitutes references to the foundation phase in Part 7 of the Education Act 2002 for references to the foundation stage.

Section 22 of the 2009 Measure makes minor amendments to sections 33F(1)(a) and 33N(1) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provision of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 has been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No
Section 20	10 June 2011	2011/1468 (W.173) (C.56)

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