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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2011/section-78",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/21",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2011",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Orders and regulations",
  "text": "(1) A power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.\n(2) A power to make an order or regulations under this Act (except a power conferred by section 82) includes power—\n(a) to make different provision for different purposes (including different areas);\n(b) to make provision generally or in relation to specific cases;\n(c) to make incidental, consequential, supplementary, transitional, transitory or saving provision.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), a statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act (other than an order under section 82) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(4) A statutory instrument which contains (alone or with other provision) an order under section 54(2) which amends or repeals any provision of an Act may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.\n(5) A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/21/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:03:08.499142+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
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