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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002-commencement-no-1order-2002/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2002",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1)Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002-commencement-no-1order-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force",
  "text": "The following provisions shall come into force except in relation to Wales on 2nd September 2002:\nsections 28 and 29;\nsection 40 to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 3 specified below;\nsection 43;\nsections 54 to 59;\nsection 152 to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 13 specified below;\nsection 155 to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 14 specified below;\nsection 204;\nsection 215(1) to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 21 specified below;\nsection 215(2) to the extent that it relates to the provisions of Schedule 22 specified below;\nin paragraph 3 of Schedule 1, sub-paragraph (1) except paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph, and sub-paragraphs (3) to (8) so far as they are necessary for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1);\nin Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 to 5;\nSchedule 5;\nSchedule 6;\nin Schedule 13, paragraphs 4 and 5;\nin Schedule 14, paragraphs 1 to 4;\nin Schedule 21, paragraph 34;\nin Schedule 22—\nthe repeal of section 79U(5), and the definition of “authorised inspector” from section 79U(9) of the Children Act 1989,\nthe repeal of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Education Act 1997, and\nthe repeal of section 16(4) and (13) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2018",
      "affecting_title": "The Education Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) (Amendment) Order 2002"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2002/article/4",
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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."
}