{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026/schedule-4/paragraph-24",
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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/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 21 (requirement to implement proposals) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (5), after “refer to” insert “the Secretary of State or”.\n(3) After that sub-paragraph insert—\n“(5A) Where the relevant authority have not yet taken a step required by this paragraph in relation to proposals published under section 7, the Secretary of State may give a direction to the authority requiring the authority to refer the matter to the Secretary of State.”\n(4) In sub-paragraph (6), after “paragraph” insert “in relation to proposals under section 10 or 15”.\n(5) In sub-paragraph (7)—\n(a) in the words before paragraph (a)—\n(i) after “referred to” insert “the Secretary of State or”, and\n(ii) after “adjudicator” insert “(“the decision-maker”)”;\n(b) in paragraph (a), for “adjudicator” substitute “decision-maker”;\n(c) in paragraph (b), for “adjudicator” substitute “decision-maker”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 24 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 78(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 24 in force at 1.9.2026 by S.I. 2026/803, reg. 5(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/schedule/4/paragraph/24",
    "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."
}