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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1994/section-26",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/30",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1994",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Commencement.",
  "text": "The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 26 power fully exercised (23.8.1994): 21.9.1994 appointed for the commencement of the whole Act by S.I. 1994/2204 with the exception of s. 22(3)-(5) for which 1.4.1995 is appointed."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/30/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:47.112761+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."
}