1 Citation, commencement and application
1 This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st August 1997.
2 Subject to paragraph (3), the provisions of this Order apply for the purpose of ascertaining the achievements of pupils who are in the final year of the third key stage.
3 This Order applies only to maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools (other than those established in hospitals) in Wales.
The provisions of the National Curriculum apply to grant-maintained special schools which are not established in hospitals by virtue of regulation 42(1) of, and Parts I and II of the Schedule to, the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, S.I.1994/653, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.