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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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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/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule “the relevant authority” means—\n(a) in the case of proposals under section 7, the local education authority who published the notice under that section, and\n(b) in the case of proposals under section 10 ... or 15, the local education authority who maintain the school or (in the case of a new school) who it is proposed should maintain the school.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2(b) omitted (1.9.2026) by virtue of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), s. 78(5), Sch. 4 para. 3 (with s. 69); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 5(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.) (25.5.2007) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1288), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "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": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (28.1.2014) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3109), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2 (as amended (1.9.2026) by S.I. 2026/528, regs. 1(2), 27(b) (with reg. 29))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 modified (28.1.2014) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3109), reg. 1, Sch. 4 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 modified (28.1.2014) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3109), reg. 1, Sch. 4 Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 25.5.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(n)"
    }
  ],
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    "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."
}