METRICATION AMENDMENTS (EDUCATION REGULATIONS) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (EDUCATION REGULATIONS) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (EDUCATION
REGULATIONS) ORDER

(Cap. 214, section 3)

[1st April, 1977.1

1. This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments
(Education Regulations) Order.

2. Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents
submitted under the Education Regulations after 31st March 1977 is
prohibited.

3. Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents
submitted under the Education Regulations until 1st January 1980 where
such documents constitute amendments to, or otherwise relate to,
documents submitted before 1st April 1977 in which non-metric units
have been used, unless such last mentioned documents are resubmitted
incorporating the use of metric units.

4. No document shall be submitted under the Education
Regulations containing references to both metric and non-metric units.

5. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 2 or 3, but
subject to paragraph 6 the provisions of the Education Regulations
specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended to the extent
and in the manner set out in the second column thereof.

6. In respect of any premises which, on 1st April 1977, are registered
or are the subject of an application to be registered as a school under the
Education Regulations, or in relation to which, before 1st April 1977,
documents have been submitted under regulation 3 of the Education
Regulations, the said regulations shall continue to apply as if they had
not been amended by paragraph 5.

SCHEDULE [para. 5.]

[Amendments incorporated]
L.N. 62/77. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 279, sub. leg.) Circumstances in which non-metric units to be used until 1st January 1980. Prohibition of the use of metric and non-metric units. Amendment of specified regulations. Schedule. Saving.

L.N. 62/77. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 279, sub. leg.) Circumstances in which non-metric units to be used until 1st January 1980. Prohibition of the use of metric and non-metric units. Amendment of specified regulations. Schedule. Saving.

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