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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-and-amendments-wales-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1734",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools Having A Religious Character and Amendments (Wales) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-and-amendments-wales-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, WALES\nMade 6 July 2004\nComing into force\nexcept for article 4(3) 31 July 2004\narticle 4(3) 31 August 2004\nThe National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) and (8) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales, having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/2535."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1734/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:16.184736+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."
}