{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005/section-44F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005/section-44F.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/18",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005",
  "path": "section/44F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44F",
  "heading": "Interpretation of sections 44A to 44E",
  "text": "In sections 44A to 44E—\n“the appropriate authority”, in relation to a maintained school, means the school's governing body or, if the school does not have a delegated budget, the local authority;\n“the Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;\n“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community special school;\n“member of the Inspectorate” means the Chief Inspector, any of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales and any additional inspector appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 44A-44F and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2013) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), ss. 77, 100(4); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/section/44F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:45.290138+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."
}