{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupils-attendance-records-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupils-attendance-records-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1582",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Pupils' Attendance Records) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupils-attendance-records-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th July 1991\nLaid before Parliament 11th July 1991\nComing into force\nregulations 1 and 2 1st August 1991\nall other regulations 1st August 1992\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Education Act 1944, section 8(5) and (7) of the Education Act 1980 and sections 22 and 103 of the Education Reform Act 1988 the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1944 c. 31; section 80 was repealed in part and extended by section 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 (c. 40) and was amended by Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1980 and paragraph 58 of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988. For matters to be prescribed see section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944, and for the transfer of functions see S.I. 1964/490, 1970/1536 and 1978/274."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1582/introduction",
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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."
}