(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the fourth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”). This Order brings into force on 20 February 2014 the following provisions of the 2013 Act:
(a)Chapter 1 of Part 2 (intervention in conduct of maintained schools);
(b)Chapter 2 of Part 2 (intervention in local authorities);
(c)section 96 (repeal of provision for code of practice for local authority school relations);
(d)section 99 (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 5;
(e)Schedule 1 (governing bodies consisting of interim executive members);
(f)Part 1 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2 of the 2013 Act); and
(g)paragraphs 32 and 34(2) of Part 3 of Schedule 5 (repeal of section 58 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006).
Article 3 of this Order provides that any act, declaration or direction that the Welsh Ministers have made under or relating to their powers in sections 496 to 497A of the Education Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) continue to apply. It also provides that a further direction, in relation to the same matters, may also be made under sections 496 to 497A of the 1996 Act.