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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1959repealed-1111996/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/60",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1959(repealed 1.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1959repealed-1111996",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, citation and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1959, and this Act and the Education Acts 1944 to 1953, may be cited together as the Education Acts 1944 to 1959.\n(2) This Act does not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/60/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:45.590694+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."
}