
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Admissions) (Modifications No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th January 1999.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
2 
In relation to any time after the coming into force of these Regulations and before the appointed day, section 84(6) of the Act (interpretation of Chapter I of Part III) shall have effect as if the definition of “maintained school” in that subsection included a county, voluntary or grant-maintained school within the meaning of the Education Act 1996.
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In relation to any time after the coming into force of these Regulations and before the appointed day, section 88 of the Act (admission authorities and admission arrangements) shall apply with the following modification, namely that in place of subsection (1) there is substituted–“
(1) In this Chapter “the admission authority”–
(a) in relation to a county or voluntary school, has the meaning given by section 415 of the Education Act 1996; and
(b) in relation to a grant-maintained school, means the governing body.”
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
15th December 1998