{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-important-public-services-education-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111151945",
  "legislation_title": "The Important Public Services (Education) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-important-public-services-education-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Education of those aged under 17",
  "text": "(1) Teaching and other services provided by teachers and persons appointed to fulfil the role of a head teacher or principal at—\n(a) a school other than a fee-paying school;\n(b) a 16-19 Academy; or\n(c) a further education institution other than one whose services to persons of compulsory school age are not publicly funded,\nare important public services for the purposes of section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.\n(2) A school is a fee-paying school if a majority of the pupils at the school have fees for their attendance paid for them by individuals.\n(3) A further education institution provides services to persons of compulsory school age which are not publicly funded if a majority of those persons have fees for their attendance paid for them by individuals.\n(4) Paragraph (1) does not include services to persons who are not of compulsory school age.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111151945/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:23.515219+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."
}