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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No.163

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (School Admissions Code of Practice and School Admission Appeals Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2003

  Made 29th January 2003 

In the exercise of the powers conferred by section 85(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998[1], the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and application
     1. This Order may be cited as the Education (School Admissions Code of Practice and School Admission Appeals Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2003.

     2. This Order applies only in relation to England.

Appointed Day
     3. The day appointed for the coming into force of the School Admissions Code of Practice and the School Admission Appeals Code of Practice (copies of a draft of which were laid before Parliament on 15th November 2002) is 31th January 2003.


Charles Clarke
Secretary of State for Education and Skills

29th January 2003


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order appoints 31th January 2003 as the day on which the School Admissions Code of Practice and the School Admission Appeals Code of Practice, issued pursuant to section 85(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, come into force. The new Codes apply only in relation to England.

The new Codes of Practice give practical guidance on arrangements for school admissions and school admission appeals, taking into account the changes introduced by the Education Act 2002 and Regulations made under that Act. They replace the previous Codes of Practice on School Admissions and School Admission Appeals, which came into force on 1th April 1999 and 1th September 1999 respectively.

Copies of both Codes may be obtained from the Department for Education and Skills, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.

Notes:

 [1] 1998 c 31; by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), the powers conferred by section 85(5) are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.back


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Prepared 7 February 2003

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