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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-change-of-category-of-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2000/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2195",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools) (England Regulations 2000",
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  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Restrictions on Changing Category of School",
  "text": "A school may not change category to become a voluntary aided school unless the governing body of the school satisfy the relevant school organisation committee that the governing body (as the governing body of a voluntary aided school) will be able to carry out their obligations under Schedule 3 to the Act for a period of at least five years following the implementation date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2195/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:46:48.154033+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."
}