{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/academies-act-2010/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/academies-act-2010/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/32",
  "legislation_title": "Academies Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/academies-act-2010",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Act",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“EA 1996” means the Education Act 1996;\n“SSFA 1998” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“EA 2002” means the Education Act 2002;\n“EA 2005” means the Education Act 2005;\n“EIA 2006” means the Education and Inspections Act 2006;\n“ASCLA 2009” means the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;\n“CSFA 2010” means the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010.\n(2) In this Act—\n“the Academy”, in a case in which an Academy order is made, has the meaning given by section 6(2);\n“the conversion date” has the meaning given by section 6(2);\n“federated school” has the meaning given by section 24(2) of EA 2002;\n“the local authority” in relation to a maintained school, means the authority by which the school is maintained;\n“maintained school” means—\n(a)a community, foundation or voluntary school, or\n(b)a community or foundation special school.\n(3) Section 4(3) (when a maintained school is “converted into” an Academy) applies for the purposes of this Act.\n(4) EA 1996 and sections 1 to 13, 15 and 16 of this Act are to be read as if those sections were contained in EA 1996.\n(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in this Act to—\n(a) a community, foundation or voluntary school, or\n(b) a community or foundation special school,\nis to such a school within the meaning of SSFA 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 17(2) inserted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 57(5), 82(3); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/32/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:51.585793+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}