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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-no-2-act-1986/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/61",
  "legislation_title": "Education (No. 2) Act 1986",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Within—\n(a) the period ending with the seventeenth school day after the day on which the appeal is lodged, or\n(b) if the body responsible for making any arrangements under section 26 of this Act has determined a shorter period, that period,\nthe decision of an appeal committee and the grounds on which it is made shall be communicated by the committee in writing to the pupil (if he is aged eighteen or over) or a parent of his (if he is under eighteen) and to the local education authority and governing body.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 12 inserted (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994/2092, art.9 (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:55.955821+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."
}