This Order appoints 1 November 2023 as the day on which the School Admission Appeals Code (“the Code”) issued under sections 84 and 85 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) by the Welsh Ministers, comes into force. The Code applies in relation to Wales and in respect of admissions to the school year 2023/2024 and subsequent years. The Code replaces the School Admission Appeals Code which issued in December 2013 and which came into force on 1 January 2014.