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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/schedule-7/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/schedule-7/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/32",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Education Act 1996 (c. 56)",
  "text": "(1) The Education Act 1996 has effect subject to the following amendments.\n(2) In section 2 (definition of “secondary education” etc), in subsection (2A)(a), after “local authority” there is inserted “ or is an Academy ”.\n(3) In section 316 (children with special educational needs), in subsection (4)(b)(iii), for “a city academy” there is substituted “ an Academy ”.\n(4) In section 483A (special educational needs)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(b), for “a city academy” there is substituted “ an Academy ”, and\n(b) subsection (7) shall cease to have effect.\n(5) In section 537 (power to require information), in subsection (7)(b), for “city academy” there is substituted “ Academy ”.\n(6) In section 541 (power to require provision of information), in subsection (1)(b), for “city academy” there is substituted “ Academy ”.\n(7) In section 550B (detention), in subsection (2)(c), for “city academy” there is substituted “ Academy ”.\n(8) In section 580 (index), at the appropriate place in the table there is inserted—\n“\nAcademy\nsection 482\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 11(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "anaw/2018/2",
      "affecting_title": "Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/schedule/7/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:01.287129+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."
}