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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-information-wales-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2697",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-information-wales-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nWALES\nMade 30th October 1998\nLaid before Parliament 5th November 1998\nComing into force 1st December 1998\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 408, 537(1) to (8), 539(1) and 569(4) and (5) of the Education Act 1996, and after consulting with those persons with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable, the Secretary of State for Wales hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56. Section 537(4) is amended by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997. Sections 408, 537(1) and (7), and 539(1) are prospectively amended by paragraphs 106, 152 and 155 respectively of Schedule 30, and by Schedule 31, to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31). Sections 408 and 537(7) are applied to grant-maintained special schools and their governing bodies by virtue of S.I. 1994/653 and section 539(1) is applied to such schools by S.I. 1994/1048. For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 579(1)."
    }
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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."
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