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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/32",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The authority may give the governing body directions—\n(a) as to the educational qualifications of the teachers to be appointed for giving secular education, or\n(b) requiring them to dismiss any teacher at the school;\nbut the authority shall not give any directions under paragraph (a) except after consulting the governing body.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 2 applied (W.) (1.4.2006) by The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/873), regs. 1(1), 39"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/879, art. 4, Sch."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:01.287129+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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