{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/academies-act-2010/section-5C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/academies-act-2010/section-5C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/32",
  "legislation_title": "Academies Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/academies-act-2010",
  "path": "section/5C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5C",
  "heading": "Power to give directions to do with conversion",
  "text": "(1) Where an Academy order under section 4(1)(b) has effect in respect of a school, the Secretary of State may direct the governing body of the school or the local authority to take specified steps for the purpose of facilitating the conversion of the school into an Academy.\n(2) A direction may, in particular, require the governing body or local authority to prepare a draft of a scheme under section 8 or Part 1 of Schedule 1.\n(3) A direction may specify the period within which any steps must be taken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5C inserted (18.4.2016) by Education and Adoption Act 2016 (c. 6), ss. 11, 19(2); S.I. 2016/466, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 5C(1) substituted (29.6.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 58(6), 78(2)(h) (with s. 58(9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 5B-5E applied by S.I. 2007/2979, Sch. 1 paras. 23DA-23DD (as inserted (27.6.2016) by The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/608), regs. 1, 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/32/section/5C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:51.585793+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}