{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-order-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/618",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-order-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Education, England\nMade 27th April 2017\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3), 69(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, as amended by S.I. 2007/958. There are other amendments, but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/618/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:10:45.186378+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."
}