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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-173",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-173.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/32",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002",
  "path": "section/173",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "173",
  "heading": "Right of access of local authority",
  "text": "In section 327 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) ( local authority to have access to certain schools to monitor provision made for child with special educational needs), in subsection (1)(b) (schools to which section applies), at the end there is inserted “or at an independent school”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 173 in force at 1.9.2003 except in relation to W. by S.I. 2003/1667, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 173 in force at 1.1.2004 for W. by S.I. 2003/2961, art. 6, Sch. Pt. III"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "anaw/2018/2",
      "affecting_title": "Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/173",
    "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."
}