
1 
This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997.
2 
The following provisions of the Education Act 1997 shall come into force on 4th April 1997:—
 section 1; and
 in Schedule 8 the repeal in section 479(2) of the Education Act 1996 of the words “providing secondary education”, and section 57(4) insofar as it relates thereto.
Cheryl Gillan,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
3rd April 1997