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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988-commencement-no-9-order-1991/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988-commencement-no-9-order-1991/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Reform Act 1988 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988-commencement-no-9-order-1991",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) an application for an order under section 27(5) reducing a standard number has been made before 31st May 1992, and\n(b) the Secretary of State has not before that date either made or refused to make an order on the application,\nthe standard number applying to the primary school in question for any age group to which the application relates in the school year beginning next after 1st August 1992 shall be the number of pupils in that age group registered at the school on 31st May 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/409/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:50:23.346773+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."
}