{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-61.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 61(4)(5) substituted (to the extent that this provision continues in force by virtue of any saving made in connection with its repeal by 1998 c. 31 by an order made under s. 145(3) of that Act) (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 61 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 69, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)) ; S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with savings in art. 15, Sch. 7 paras. 2-4, 6, 7, 10, 12) and subject to an amendment (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2243, reg. 59"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/61",
    "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."
}