# Education Act 1996, Paragraph 14

Extent: E+W

Regulations may provide that, where a local education authority or governing body of a school are required under the preceding provisions of this Schedule to take any step, the duty must, subject to prescribed exceptions, be performed within the prescribed period; but such a provision shall not relieve the authority or body of the duty to take any step which has not been taken within that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/15/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-15/paragraph-14
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