{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-551A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-551A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "section/551A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "551A",
  "heading": "Guidance about the costs of school uniforms: England",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must issue guidance to the appropriate authorities of relevant schools in England about the costs aspects of school uniform policies.\n(2) In this section “costs aspects of school uniform policies” means any aspects of school uniform policies that the Secretary of State considers relevant to the costs of school uniforms.\n(3) The appropriate authority of a relevant school must have regard to guidance issued under this section when developing and implementing a school uniform policy for the school.\n(4) The Secretary of State may from time to time revise guidance issued under this section.\n(5) In this section “the appropriate authority” and “relevant school” have the same meanings as in section 551ZA.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 551A and cross-heading inserted (29.6.2021) by Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Act 2021 (c. 20), ss. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 551A(5) substituted for s. 551A(5)(6) (1.9.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 35(4), 78(5); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/551A",
    "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."
}