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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education Authority Annual Plan Planning Period (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st August 2017.
(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 3F(1) (annual plan: education authority) of the 2000 Act, is 1st September each year.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd May 2017