{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/44",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Construction.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations; and\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act , except where otherwise stated or where the function of making regulations under this Act has been transferred to the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales.\n(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Education Act 1996.\n(3) Where, however, an expression is given for the purposes of any provision of this Act a meaning different from that given to it for the purposes of that Act, the meaning given for the purposes of that provision shall apply instead of the one given for the purposes of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 56(1) inserted (W.) (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 28 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/44/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:56.828684+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."
}