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1995 No. 2090
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (School Attendance Order) Regulations 1995
Made
7th August 1995
Laid before Parliament
9th August 1995
Coming into force
1st September 1995
In exercise of the power conferred by section 192(3) of the Education Act 1993(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Attendance Order) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st September 1995.
Revocation
1. The School Attendance Order Regulations 1944(2) shall be revoked.
2. The form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations is prescribed as the form of a school attendance order which is to be served upon the parent of a child of compulsory school age by a local education authority under section 192(3) of the Education Act 1993.
Robin Squire
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
31st July 1995
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
7th August 1995
Regulation 3
SCHEDULESCHOOL ATTENDANCE ORDER
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under section 192 of the Education Act 1993 a local education authority is required to serve a school attendance order, which is to be in the prescribed form, on the parent of a child who fails to satisfy the authority that the child is receiving suitable education and the authority is of the opinion that the child should attend school. These regulations prescribe the form of a school attendance order for the purposes of section 192.
They revoke the School Attendance Order Regulations 1944.
1993 c. 35. For the meaning of "prescribed" and "regulations" see section 305(1).