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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1591 (W. 191) (C. 92)
Education, Wales
The Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2015
Made
16:55 on 5 August 2015
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the power conferred by section 60(2) and (3) of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015(1), make the following Order:
Title and interpretation
1. The title of this Order is the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2015.
Provisions coming into force on 6 August 2015
2. The following provisions of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 come into force on 6 August 2015-
(a)section 2(1) (establishment of Qualifications Wales);
(b)section 2(2) so far as it relates to Part 1 and paragraph 37 of Schedule 1;
(c)Part 1 of Schedule 1 (establishment of Qualifications Wales); and
(d)paragraph 37 (in Part 2) of Schedule 1 (consequential amendment to the Freedom of Information Act 2000(2)).
Huw Lewis
Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers
5 August 2015
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 6 August 2015 the provisions of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 ("the Act") listed in article 2 as provided for in that article.
Section 2(1) of the Act establishes Qualifications Wales as a body corporate and section 2(2) introduces Schedule 1. Part 1 of Schedule 1 makes further provision related to the establishment of Qualifications Wales, including on its membership. Paragraph 37 of Schedule 1 amends the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to add Qualifications Wales to the list of public bodies and offices in Part 6 of Schedule 1 to that Act.
2015 anaw 5.