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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1944-repealed-1111996/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1944 (repealed 1.11.1996)",
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  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Every local education authority shall consider a report from an education committee of the authority before exercising any of their functions with respect to education:\nProvided that an authority may dispense with such a report if, in their opinion, the matter is urgent . . .",
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  "status": null,
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 7, 8 modified (inner London) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 30(5)"
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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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