{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-no2-order-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1245",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-no2-order-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Education, England\nMade 26th November 2018\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1) of that Act, makes the following Order.\nIn making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037) and has been amended by the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1245/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:37.646727+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."
}