{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Education, England\nMade 17th March 2023\nComing into force 18th March 2023\nThe Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order 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.\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": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 124B was inserted by S.I. 2003/2037 and has been amended by S.I. 2012/976."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2314, amended by S.I. 2004/2262."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/339/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:47:37.840735+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."
}