The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) (Amendment) Order 1990

Made: 26th July 1990

Laid before Parliament: 26th July 1990

Coming into force: 1st August 1990

Now therefore the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 4(2)(a) and (b) of the Education Reform Act1988 hereby make the following Order in the terms of the said draft with modifications[^f00002]:

1

This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

2

For article 4 of the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1990[^f00003] there shall be substituted the following article —

(4) The provisions of this Order relating to the third key stage shall come into force — (a) on 1st August 1990 in respect of pupils in the first year of that key stage; (b) on 1st August 1991 in respect of pupils in the second year of that key stage; and (c) on 1st August 1992 in respect of all other pupils.

Signed

John MacGregor — Secretary for State for Education and Science — 26th July 1990

Wyn Roberts — Minister of State for Wales — 26th July 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the order)

This Order amends the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1990 by substituting a new article 4 thereof.

Article 4 is concerned with the coming into force of the Order in relation to pupils in key stage 3. As originally drafted it applied the Order to pupils in the first year of the key stage, except pupils with statements of special educational needs, from 1st August 1990. To pupils with such statements the Order applied from 1st August 1991. The effect of the amendment is to apply the Order to all pupils in the first year of key stage 3, including pupils with statements, from 1st August 1990.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 40.

[^f00002]: The modifications are to the third recital, the preamble and article 1.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1990/424.