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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1944-repealed-1111996/schedule-FIFTH/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1944 (repealed 1.11.1996)",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "Before appointing a person to represent any religion denomination or associations as a member of any such committee, a local education authority shall take all reasonable steps to assure themselves that he is representative thereof, but no proceedings under this Schedule shall be invalidated on the ground that a member of such a committee did not represent the religiondenomination or associations which he was appointed to represent unless it is shown that the local education authority failed to take such steps as aforesaid.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 3 inserted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para. 27(c); S.I. 1994/507, art. 4(1), Sch.2."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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