{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-no-2-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1987/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-no-2-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1987/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (No. 2) Act 1986 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-no-2-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1987",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order —\n“the Act” means the Education (No. 2) Act 1986;\n“the 1944 Act” means the Education Act 1944 ;\n“the 1968 (No. 2) Act” means the Education (No. 2) Act 1968 ; and\n“the 1980 Act” means the Education Act 1980 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1944 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1980 c. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/344/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:31:26.045881+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."
}