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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-at-key-stage-4-england-regulations-2003/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/252",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Disapplication of the National Curriculum",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of the National Curriculum specified in this regulation shall not apply to a pupil at Key Stage 4 in the following circumstances—\n(a) the pupil is participating in an extended work-related learning programme; or\n(b) the pupil, in the opinion of the head teacher, would benefit educationally from their disapplication.\n(2) The head teacher may determine in the case of a pupil to whom paragraph 1(a) applies that the provisions of the National Curriculum regarding one or two of the following subjects should not apply to him:\n(a) modern foreign language;\n(b) design and technology;\n(c) science.\n(3) The head teacher may determine in the case of a pupil to whom paragraph 1(b) applies that the requirements of the National Curriculum regarding one or both of the following subjects should not apply to him:\n(a) modern foreign language;\n(b) design and technology.\n(4) In no circumstances shall these Regulations permit a pupil to have more than two of the subjects referred to in paragraph (2) disapplied in relation to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "am (saving)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/264",
      "affecting_title": "Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2004/264",
      "affecting_title": "Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/252/regulation/7",
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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."
}