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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st January 2017.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;
 “the 2004 Act” means the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004; and
 “the 2016 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 2016.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2016 Act specified in column 1 of the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the schedule), is specified in column 3 of the schedule.
(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 4 of the schedule, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
22nd November 2016
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


Column 1Provisions of the 2016 Act Column 2Subject matter Column 3Appointed day Column 4Purpose
Section 7 Assessment requests 1stFebruary 2017 In so far as not already in force.
Section 8 GMPE assessment areas 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 9 Initial assessments 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 10 Duties of education authority 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 11 Requests that need not be considered 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 12 Full assessments 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 13 Procedure following full assessment 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 14 Power to extend Part 2 to early learning and childcare 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 15 Duty to promote and support Gaelic medium education and learning 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 18 Interpretation of Part 2 1stFebruary 2017 
Section 19 Additional support for learning 1st January 2017 For the purpose of commencing paragraph 20 of the schedule of the 2016 Act, so far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 27A(1) of the 2004 Act and for the purpose of consulting under section 27A(1A) of the 2004 Act.
Section 20 Children unable to attend early learning and childcare 1st January 2017 
Section 24 Enforcement of statutory duties 1st January 2017 So far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 70(5) and (6) of the 1980 Act and for the purpose of consulting under section 70(7) of the 1980 Act.
Section 26 Registration of independent schools 1st January 2017 
Section 27 Employment of teachers in grant-aided schools 1st January 2017 
Section 28(1) Head teachers: education and training standards 1st January 2017 
Schedule, paragraph 20 Modifications of the 2004 Act 1st January 2017 So far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 27A(1) of the 2004 Act and for the purpose of consulting under section 27A(1A) of the 2004 Act.