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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A governing body incorporated under section 88(1) are dissolved by virtue of this paragraph—\n(a) if the school they conduct is discontinued;\n(b) where the school becomes a grant-maintained school or grant-maintained special school, when the local education authority cease to maintain the school; or\n(c) if a new governing body of the school are constituted under Chapter IV of Part II.\n(2) Where such a governing body conduct two or more schools, sub-paragraph (1) applies when, in relation to each of the schools, paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is satisfied.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/7/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}