{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-3-assessment-arrangements-england-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2116",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-key-stage-3-assessment-arrangements-england-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th August 1996\nComing into force 12th August 1996\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(2)(c), (5), (6) and (8) and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 40; section 4 was amended by section 240 of the Education Act 1993 (c. 35)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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