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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Home–School Agreements) (Modification) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 1st February 1999.
(2) In these Regulations “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school shall be construed in accordance with the Education Act 1996.
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Until 1st September 1999 section 110(1)(a) of the 1998 Act shall have effect as if the reference in that provision to a maintained school were a reference to–
(a) a county, voluntary or maintained special school, or
(b) a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school.
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
11th November 1998Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
12th November 1998