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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-additional-support-for-learning-scotland-act-2004/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-additional-support-for-learning-scotland-act-2004/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/4",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-additional-support-for-learning-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Duty to inform in writing or alternative permanent form",
  "text": "Where an education authority are, under this Act, to inform a parent , child who has attained the age of 12 years or young person of any matter, they must do so—\n(a) in writing, or\n(b) in such other form as the parent , child or young person may reasonably require, being a form which, by reason of its having some permanence, is capable of being used for subsequent reference (as, for example, an audio or video recording).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 31 inserted (10.1.2018) by Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8), s. 33(2), sch. para. 22(a); S.S.I. 2017/354, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 31 inserted (10.1.2018) by Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8), s. 33(2), sch. para. 22(b); S.S.I. 2017/354, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 14.11.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/564, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/4/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:38.403004+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."
}