Education, England And Wales Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2012. 2 In this Order— “ ASCLA 2009 ” means the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 ; “ EA 2011 ” means the Education Act 2011; “Ofqual” means the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation . Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2012 2 The following provisions of EA 2011 come into force on 1st April 2012: sections 2 and 3; sections 7 to 10; section 11 and Schedule 2; section 12 and Schedule 3; sections 14 and 15; section 16 and Schedule 5; section 17 and Schedule 6; section 21 and Schedule 7; section 25; section 26 and Schedule 8 to the extent that they are not already in force; section 27 and Schedule 9; section 49 and Schedule 12; section 53 to the extent that it is not already in force; section 54 and Schedule 13 except for paragraph 17(2); section 57; section 66; section 67 and Schedule 16; section 68 and Schedule 17; sections 71 and 72; section 73(3), and section 73(1) to the extent that it relates to section 73(3). Provisions coming into force on 1st May 2012 3 Sections 23 and 24 of EA 2011 come into force on 1st May 2012. Transitional provisions: the Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations 4 1 This article applies in relation to the person who, immediately before 1st April 2012, is the Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations (“the current Chief Regulator”). 2 On 1st April 2012, the current Chief Regulator is to cease to be known as the Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations. 3 On and after 1st April 2012, the current Chief Regulator is to be treated — a as having been appointed to chair Ofqual by the Secretary of State, and b as having been so appointed on the date on which she was appointed to chair Ofqual by Her Majesty by Order in Council. 4 On and after 1st April 2012, the current Chief Regulator’s terms of appointment determined under paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to ASCLA 2009 have effect as terms of appointment determined under paragraph 3A of that Schedule. 5 1 This article applies in relation to the person who, immediately before 1st April 2012, is the chief executive of Ofqual (“the current chief executive”). 2 On and after 1st April 2012, the current chief executive is to be treated as a member of Ofqual appointed as the chief executive of Ofqual by Her Majesty by Order in Council. 3 Accordingly, on and after 1st April 2012, the current chief executive is to be known as the Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations. 4 Subject to paragraph (5), on and after 1st April 2012, the current chief executive’s conditions of service determined under paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to ASCLA 2009 have effect as the chief executive’s terms of appointment determined under paragraph 3 of that Schedule. 5 The current chief executive is to be treated as having been appointed for a term of five years beginning on the date on which she was appointed as chief executive of Ofqual under paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to ASCLA 2009. Transitional and savings provisions: section 49 of, and Schedule 12 to, EA 2011 6 Despite the coming into force of section 49 of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 12 to, EA 2011 that section and paragraph shall not have effect in relation to a case where before 1st April 2012 the responsible local authority have made a proposal to which section 33N of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (before amendment by EA 2011) applies. 7 1 Despite the coming into force of section 49 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 12 to, EA 2011, that section and paragraph shall not have effect in relation to a case where before 1st April 2012 the Chief Executive of Skills Funding has made a proposal to which section 51(1)(c) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 applies. 2 For the purposes of a case referred to in paragraph (1)— a The Education (Publication of Draft Proposals and Orders)(Further Education Corporations)(England) Regulations 2001 shall remain in force, and b compliance with the conditions in section 51(2) shall amount to compliance with section 27 of that Act (as substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 12 to EA 2011). Nick Gibb Minister of State Department for Education 22nd March 2012