The Education Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2006
This is the first commencement order under the Education Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”) to be made by the National Assembly for Wales. It brings into force all the provisions of the 2005 Act which require an order of the National Assembly to bring them into force, with the exception of section 101 and Schedule 16 (and related consequential amendments and repeals in Schedules 18 and 19) concerning the financing of maintained schools, and section 70 (and a related consequential amendment in Schedule 12) concerning proposals for the discontinuance of rural primary schools. However, sections 41 and 42 are brought into force only in their application to special schools of the kind referred to in section 28(2)(d).