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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1944-repealed-1111996/section-1",
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  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1944 (repealed 1.11.1996)",
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  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "†Appointment of Minister in charge of education and establishment of Ministry of Education.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The Secretary of State for Education and Science shall for all purposes be a corporation sole under the name of Secretary of State for Education and Science.\n3), (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1) repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 4, Sch. 21 Pt. II; S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch. 1"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words and s. 1(2) substituted by S.I. 1964/490, Sch. Pt. I"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1(3)(4) repealed by S.I. 1964/490, Sch. Pt. II"
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Unreliable marginal note."
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  "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."
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