{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-141AA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-141AA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/32",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002",
  "path": "section/141AA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "141AA",
  "heading": "Meaning of “online education provider”",
  "text": "(1) An online education provider is an institution that meets the following conditions.\n(2) The first condition is that it is—\n(a) a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 which has its registered office for the purposes of that Act in England, or\n(b) a charity registered in accordance with section 30 of the Charities Act 2011 which has its address in England for the purposes of registration by the Charity Commission.\n(3) The second condition is that it provides education to at least one student who lives in England and who—\n(a) is of compulsory school age,\n(b) is over compulsory school age but is under the age of 19, or\n(c) is aged 19 or over and has an EHC plan that specifies that the student should be in full-time education.\n(4) The third condition is that at least one of the students mentioned in subsection (3) receives all or the majority of their education from the institution.\n(5) The fourth condition is that it is set up to deliver all or the majority of the education that it provides online.\n(6) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to add a new condition or remove or change a condition for the time being specified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 141A-141E and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 8(1), 82(3); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 141AA inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 52(3), 78(1)(a)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/141AA",
    "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."
}