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These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Lower Primary Class Sizes) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 and come into force on 11th October 2010.
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(1) The Education (Lower Primary Class Sizes) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (limit on lower primary class sizes)—
(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1) insert “Subject to paragraph (5)”;
(b) in paragraph (4)—
(i) omit “Any limit” and insert “The limit of 30 pupils”;
(ii) omit “this regulation” and insert “paragraphs (1) and (2)”; and
(iii) at the end of sub-paragraph (a) insert “until the end of the school year beginning in 2010”; and
(c) after paragraph (4) insert—“
(5) In respect of the school year beginning in 2011 and each subsequent school year, in relation to a Primary 1 class, the limit on the number of pupils imposed in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be 25.”.
MICHAEL W RUSSELL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th September 2010