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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1980/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/20",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1980",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State—\n(a) is not satisfied that appropriate educational standards are being maintained at the school; or\n(b) is satisfied that any condition applying to the school under the agreement or by virtue of regulations made under section 17 of this Act has been contravened,\nhe may at any time terminate the agreement by written notice to the proprietors of the school.\n(2) A notice of termination given under this paragraph may provide that it shall be treated as of no effect if the proprietors of the school satisfy the Secretary of State within such time as may be specified in the notice that they have complied with any condition specified therein.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 4 amended by Education (No. 2) Act 1986 (c. 61, SIF 41:1), s. 47(9)"
    }
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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."
}