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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026/schedule-4/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/21",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For paragraph 17 substitute—\n“17 (1) This paragraph applies where any proposals are referred to the Secretary of State or to the adjudicator (“the decision-maker”) under any provision of this Part of this Schedule.\n(2) The decision-maker must consider the proposals or, in a case where the proposals have previously been determined by the relevant authority, must consider them afresh.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the following provisions apply in relation to the decision-maker as they apply in relation to the relevant authority—\n(a) paragraph 8(3) or (4) (as the case may be);\n(b) paragraph 8(5) and (6).\n(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), paragraph 9 applies in relation to the decision-maker as it applies in relation to the relevant authority but—\n(a) where the decision-maker is the Secretary of State, it applies as if sub-paragraph (2A)(b) of that paragraph (requirement to consider related proposals under section 10 or 15) were omitted;\n(b) where the decision-maker is the adjudicator, it applies as if sub-paragraph (2A)(a) of that paragraph (requirement to consider related proposals under section 7) were omitted.\n(5) The revocation of a direction under paragraph 12(1) does not affect the determination by the Secretary of State of any proposals referred to the Secretary of State before the revocation.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 78(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 21 in force at 1.9.2026 by S.I. 2026/803, reg. 5(f)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/schedule/4/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:24.363118+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."
}