{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-objections-to-admission-arrangements-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-objections-to-admission-arrangements-regulations-1999/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/125",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Objections to Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-objections-to-admission-arrangements-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Parents who are eligible to refer an objection",
  "text": "For the purpose of section 90(2)(b), the description of parent who may refer an objection about admission arrangements under that subsection is an individual who–\n(a) is the parent of a child of compulsory school age receiving primary education; and\n(b) is resident in the relevant area which applies for consultation under section 89(2)(b) about those admission arrangements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 576 of the Education Act 1996 for the meaning of “parent”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 89(3) for the meaning of “relevant area”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst (E) (20.1.2003)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2901",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Objection to Admission Arrangements) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/125/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:55.835944+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."
}