Education Act 1997
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52 Commencement of compulsory school age.
(1) Section 8 of the Education Act 1996 (compulsory school age) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3). (2) For subsection (2) there shall be substituted— (2) A person begins to be of compulsory school age— (a) when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and (b) otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age. (3) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted— (4) The Secretary of State may by order— (a) provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2); (b) determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52 Commencement of compulsory school age.
(1) Section 8 of the Education Act 1996 (compulsory school age) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3). (2) For subsection (2) there shall be substituted— (2) A person begins to be of compulsory school age— (a) when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and (b) otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age. (3) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted— (4) The Secretary of State may by order— (a) provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2); (b) determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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