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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-8/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If—\n(a) the instrument of government for a school provides for one or more governors to be appointed by persons acting jointly, and\n(b) those persons fail to make an agreed appointment,\nthe appointment shall be made by, or in accordance with a direction given by, the Secretary of State.",
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    "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."
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