12.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the commencement of section 140(4) of the 1998 Act and the repeal of provisions relating to instruments of government in Parts II and III of the 1996 Act are without prejudice to the transitional and saving provisions—
(a)relating to the admission of children to maintained schools in Schedule 4 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999(1); or
(b)relating to pupil exclusions in Schedule 6 to this Order.
(2) For the purposes of the transitional and savings provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a), any reference in a former grant-maintained school’s articles of government to a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of the instrument of government for the purpose of determining applications for admission to the school shall be treated as a reference to an admissions committee established for such purposes pursuant to regulations under Schedule 11 to the 1998 Act.