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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/40",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Inspections Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Directions to admit child to specified school: supplementary provisions",
  "text": "(1) In section 94 of SSFA 1998 (appeal arrangements: general), in subsection (1)(a) after “section 96” insert “ or 97A ”.\n(2) In section 96 of SSFA 1998 (direction to admit child to specified school)—\n(a) in subsection (3) for “the Secretary of State” substitute “ the appropriate authority (within the meaning of section 97) ”, and\n(b) in subsection (8) for “section 97” substitute “ sections 97 to 97C ”.\n(3) After section 97B of SSFA 1998 (inserted by section 50) insert—\n“Determinations under section 97 or 97B: supplemental\n97C Regulations may make provision in relation to England—\n(a) requiring the adjudicator to consult prescribed persons or persons of a prescribed description before making any determination in connection with a reference under section 97 or 97B;\n(b) requiring an admission authority for a school to provide information which—\n(i) falls within a prescribed description, and\n(ii) is requested by the adjudicator for the purposes of any such determination.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 51 in force at 8.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3400, art. 3(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/51",
    "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."
}