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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-31",
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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": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such transitional provision as he considers appropriate in connection with the commencement of this Part.\n(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision with respect to—\n(a) the determination or implementation of proposals made under the previous enactments,\n(b) references made to school organisation committees or adjudicators under the previous enactments.\n(3) This section does not limit the powers conferred by section 183.\n(4) In this section “the previous enactments” means—\n(a) sections 28, 28A, 29, 31 and 35 of, and Schedules 6 and 8 to, SSFA 1998 (establishment, alteration, discontinuance or change of category of schools) so far as applying to England, and\n(b) sections 66 and 67 of, and Schedules 10 and 11 to, EA 2005.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(g)"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/31",
    "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."
}