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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-grant-maintained-schools-initial-governing-instruments-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2049",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-grant-maintained-schools-initial-governing-instruments-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 31st July 1996\nLaid before Parliament 9th August 1996\nComing into force 1st September 1996\nWhereas pursuant to section 301(5) of the Education Act 1993, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has consulted bodies appearing to her to be representative of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church, and the Secretary of State for Wales has consulted a body appearing to him to be representative of the Church in Wales;\nNow therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 56(1) and (3) and 301(6) of the Education Act 1993, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 305(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2049/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}