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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Ministers Annual Plan Planning Period (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 15th December 2016.
(2) In these Regulations, “the 2000 Act” means the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000.
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The day prescribed as the day on which the planning period begins, for the purposes of section 3E(1) of the 2000 Act, is 1st January each year.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th November 2016