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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blackburn-with-darwen-maintained-nursery-school-governance-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/657",
  "legislation_title": "The Blackburn with Darwen (Maintained Nursery School Governance) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blackburn-with-darwen-maintained-nursery-school-governance-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND\nMade 10th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2004\nComing into force 31st March 2004\nWhereas the Council of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen acting in its capacity as a local education authority (“the authority”) has, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Education Act 2002 (“the Act”), consulted such persons as appear to them to be appropriate;\nWhereas it is the opinion of the Secretary of State, having regard to the matters set out in section 1(2) of the Act, that the implementation by the authority of the provisions of this Order may contribute to the raising of educational standards achieved by children in England;\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 2(1) of the Act, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on the application of the authority, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 32"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/657/introduction",
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  "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."
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