{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1980/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1980/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/20",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1980",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Citation, construction, repeals and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1980.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This Act shall, in its application to England and Wales, be construed as one with the Education Act 1996.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) In this Act section 20 and this section extend to Northern Ireland, but save as aforesaid this Act extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 38(2)(4)-(6) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1)(2)(3), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 47, Sch. 38 Pt.I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 38(3) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1)(3), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 47(3) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 38(5A) inserted (1.5.1991) by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 31(6), 231(7), 235(6); S.I. 1991/409, art. 6(4) and s. 38(2)(4)-(6) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1)(2)(3), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 47(2), Sch. 38 Pt.I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 38(7) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1),(3), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 47(4) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "S. 38 repealed (S.) by Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44), Sch. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/20/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:09.539124+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."
}