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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/386",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st March 1998.\n(2) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1998 (save that the commencement of sections 2 and 3 on that date shall have effect subject to Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order).\n(3) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part III of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st August 1998.\n(4) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st September 1998.\n(5) The provision of the 1997 Act specified in Part V of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st November 1998.\n(6) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part VI of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1999.\n(7) The provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part VII of Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st September 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/386/article/2",
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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."
}