{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/40",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Inspections Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may at any time give a direction to a local education authority requiring them to refer to the Secretary of State by a specified time—\n(a) any proposals which have been published by the authority under section 7 and which require consideration under paragraph 8 but which, at the time when the direction is given, have not been determined by the authority under that paragraph, and\n(b) all subsequent proposals published by the authority under that section and which require consideration under paragraph 8, until the direction is revoked,\ntogether with any comments made on any of the proposals by the authority.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1) substituted (1.9.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), s. 78(5), Sch. 4 para. 14 (with s. 69); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 5(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(a) inserted (1.2.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 11 para. 10(13)(a)(i); S.I. 2012/84, art. 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(a) inserted (1.2.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 11 para. 10(13)(a)(ii); S.I. 2012/84, art. 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(b) inserted (1.2.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 11 para. 10(13)(b); S.I. 2012/84, art. 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 12(2)(3) omitted (1.2.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 11 para. 10(13)(c); S.I. 2012/84, art. 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 modified (E.) (25.5.2007) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1288), reg. 1(1), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 25.5.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:59.347958+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."
}