{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-81.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/25",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Skills Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008",
  "path": "section/81",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Careers education: information and advice",
  "text": "(1) Part 7 of the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) (careers education and guidance) is amended as follows.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) After section 45 insert—\n“Guidance as to discharge of duties\n45A (1) The persons responsible for discharging a relevant duty in relation to a school in England falling within section 43(2)(a), (c) or (e) must, in discharging the duty, have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.\n(2) A “relevant duty” means a duty under any of sections 43(3), 44(9) and 45(3).”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 81(2)(3) omitted (1.9.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 29(9)(c), 82(3); S.I. 2012/1087, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 81 in force at 1.9.2009 by S.I. 2009/1513, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/81",
    "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."
}