{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-15/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-15/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the local education authority have been informed of the permanent exclusion of a pupil from the school, they shall—\n(a) after giving the governing body an opportunity to express their views, and\n(b) after considering any views expressed within the prescribed period by the governing body,\nconsider whether the pupil should be reinstated immediately, reinstated by a particular date or not reinstated.\n(2) If the authority decide that the pupil should be reinstated, they shall—\n(a) give the appropriate direction to the head teacher, and\n(b) inform the relevant person and the governing body of the direction.\n(3) If the authority decide that the pupil should not be reinstated, they shall inform the relevant person of their decision.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/15/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."
}