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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-schools-specification-and-disposal-of-articles-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111519356",
  "legislation_title": "The Schools (Specification and Disposal of Articles) Regulations 2012",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 569(2A) of the Education Act 1996, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nThis Draft Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in the draft Statutory Instrument which was laid on 16th January 2012 and which was withdrawn on 19th January 2012, and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Draft Statutory Instrument.\nEducation, England\nMade 2012\nComing into force 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 550ZA(3)(f) and 550ZC(7) of the Education Act 1996, makes the following Regulations:\nIn accordance with section 569(2A) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56. Sections 550ZA and 550ZC were inserted by section 242(1) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22). See section 579 of the 1996 Act for the definition of “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Subsection (2A) of section 569 of the 1996 Act was inserted by section 242(2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22)."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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