{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/25",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Skills Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Relevant period",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, “relevant period”, in relation to a person, means a period beginning with a start date and ending with the next end date.\n(2) The following are start dates for the purposes of subsection (1)—\n(a) a date on which subsection (4) starts to apply to the person;\n(b) the date immediately following the end of a relevant period (if on that date that subsection still applies to the person).\n(3) The following are end dates for the purposes of subsection (1)—\n(a) a prescribed date;\n(b) a date on which subsection (4) ceases to apply to the person.\n(4) This subsection applies to a person at any time when—\n(a) this Part applies to the person, and\n(b) the person is not participating in education or training in accordance with section 2(1)(a) or (b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 1 modified (28.6.2013) by The Duty to Participate in Education or Training (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1205), regs. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 28.6.2013 by S.I. 2013/1204, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:44.607074+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."
}