{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-3A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Regulations may also—\n(a) require a local authority in England to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State, in specified circumstances, to the closure of a pupil referral unit ;\n(b) confer a power on the Secretary of State to give directions to a local authority in England about the exercise of—\n(i) their functions under section 19;\n(ii) their functions under any enactment applied to pupil referral units (with or without modifications) by regulations under paragraph 3;\n(iii) any other function connected with pupil referral units ;\n(c) require a local authority to comply with such directions.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3A inserted (1.9.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 249(3), 269(4); S.I. 2010/303, art. 6, Sch. 5 (as amended (26.7.2010) by S.I. 2010/1891, art. 2(2) (with art. 3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3A(a) substituted (15.1.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 51(4)(a), 82(3); S.I. 2012/84, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3A(b) substituted (15.1.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 51(4)(b), 82(3); S.I. 2012/84, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/1/paragraph/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:40.627017+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."
}