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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1468",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997.\n(2) In this Order\n“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;\n“the 1997 Act” means the Education Act 1997;\n“the Inspections Act” means the School Inspections Act 1996;\n“NCVQ” means the National Council for Vocational Qualifications;\n“QCA” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; and\n“SCAA” means the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 57."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1468/article/1",
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  },
  "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."
}