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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-15/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-15/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a pupil is excluded from the school for a fixed period in circumstances in which he would, as a result of the exclusion—\n(a) be excluded from the school for a total of more than five school days in any one term, or\n(b) lose an opportunity to take a public examination,\nthe head teacher shall comply with any direction given by the local education authority or the governing body for the pupil’s reinstatement.\n(2) If conflicting directions are given by the authority and the governing body, the head teacher shall comply with the direction which will lead to the earlier reinstatement of the pupil.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/15/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}