Title and interpretation

1.  The title of this Order is the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009.

2.  In this Order “the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the Education and Inspections Act 2006.

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3.  The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 1 September 2009:

(a)section 4 (duty to identify children not receiving education);

(b)section 164 (information about children receiving funded education outside school);

(c)section 184 (repeals) to the extent it relates to the provision set out in paragraph (d);

(d)in Part 6 of Schedule 18, the repeal in the Education Act 1996 in section 437(8) of the definition of “suitable education”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings sections 4 and 164 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 into force on 1 September 2009.

Section 4 inserts a new section 436A into the Education Act 1996 which requires local education authorities to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are not receiving suitable education.

Section 164 inserts a new section 537B into the Education Act 1996. This allows the Welsh Ministers to make regulations requiring information to be provided about children receiving education outside school which is funded by a local education authority and makes provision about sharing such information.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the 2006 Act have been brought into force in relation to Wales by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order:

Various provisions of the 2006 Act have been brought into force in relation to England by the following Statutory Instruments: S.I. 2006/2990 as amended by S.I. 2008/54, S.I. 2006/3400, S.I. 2007/935 (as amended by S.I. 2007/1271), S.I. 2007/1271, S.I. 2007/1801, S.I. 2007/3074 and S.I. 2008/1971.

See also section 188(1) and (2) for the provisions that came into force on 8 November 2006 (date of Royal Assent) and 8 January 2007 (two months thereafter).