{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-closure-england-regulations-2010/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-closure-england-regulations-2010/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1071",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Closure) (England) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-closure-england-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Closure) (England) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st September 2010.\n(2) They apply to units in England.\n(3) In these Regulations—\n“alternative arrangements” has the meaning given by regulation 3(3),\n“alternative arrangements direction” has the meaning given by regulation 3(4),\n“the Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills,\n“closure direction” means a direction under section 68(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (as applied to units with modifications by paragraph 23 of part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007); .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 1(1) substituted (1.9.2012) by virtue of The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Regulations substituted (1.9.2012) by The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(3) inserted (1.9.2012) by The Pupil Referral Units (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1825), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at 1.9.2010, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 40. Section 68 is applied to short stay schools by paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2007/2979."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1071/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:44:37.718917+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."
}