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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3273",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Education, England\nMade 10th December 2009\nThe Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.\nIn making this Order the Secretary of State has 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": "S.I. 1998/2535, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3273/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."
}