{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2011/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2011/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/21",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2011",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Discontinuance of federated school: governing body not to be dissolved",
  "text": "In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to EA 2002 (dissolution of school governing body on discontinuance of school), after sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if—\n(a) the school is a federated school in England, and\n(b) immediately after the discontinuance date, there will be more than one other school remaining in the federation.\n(1B) “Federation” and “federated school” have the meanings given by section 24(2).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 39 in force at 1.9.2012 by S.I. 2012/1087, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/21/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:12.048371+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."
}