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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-attainment-targets-and-programmes-of-study-in-history-england-order-1991/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/681",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-attainment-targets-and-programmes-of-study-in-history-england-order-1991",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) Order 1991 and shall come into force in accordance with articles 2 to 5.\n(2) This Order applies in relation to maintained schools in England only.\n(3) In this Order—\n“the Document” means the document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office entitled “History in the National Curriculum (England)”;\nreferences to the first, second, third and fourth key stages are references to the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 3(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988;\nreferences to levels of attainment are references to the levels set out in the Document in relation to each attainment target; and\nreferences to ranges of levels of attainment are references to the range of levels of attainment specified for pupils of different abilities and maturities in respect of the key stage in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISBN 0 11 2707416."
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1816",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) (Amendment) Order 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1816",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in History) (England) (Amendment) Order 1994"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/681/article/1",
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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."
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