
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Abolition of Corporal Punishment) (Independent Schools) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 15th August 1987.
2 
Each of the following classes of independent schools is hereby prescribed as a prescribed class for the purposes of section 47(5)(a)(iii) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986, namely:—
(a) any independent school in receipt of grant under regulation 4(1) or 5(1) of the Direct Grant Schools Regulations 1959, and
(b) a school maintained by the Ministry of Defence.
Kenneth Baker
Secretary of State for Education and Science
7th July 1987Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
7th July 1987