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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-12/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-12/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of applying (in accordance with this Schedule) sections 101 to 122 and Part I of Schedule 11 in relation to new schools which will be county or voluntary schools—\n(a) references to a school conducted by a governing body shall be read as including a new school which has a temporary governing body, and\n(b) other references to the governing body of a school shall be read as including the temporary governing body of a new school.\n(2) For those purposes—\n(b) references to a county or voluntary school maintained by a local authority , and\n(b) references, in a context referring to a local authority, to county and voluntary schools,\nshall be read as including a new school which on implementation of the relevant proposals will be a county or voluntary school maintained by the authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 7(2) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(5))"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/12/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}