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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-95",
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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/95",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter 1",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“disciplinary penalty” has the meaning given by section 90;\n“member of the staff”, in relation to a school, means—\n(a)any teacher who works at the school, and\n(b)any other person who, with the authority of the head teacher, has lawful control or charge of pupils for whom education is being provided at the school;\n“possessions”, in relation to a pupil, includes any goods over which he appears to have control.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 95 in force at 1.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/935, art. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 95 in force at 31.10.2010 for W. by S.I. 2010/2543, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/95",
    "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."
}