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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1966",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Inspection) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-inspection-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th August 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th August 1997\nComing into force 1st September 1997\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 10(1) and (6), 15(2), 16(4)(b) and (c), 17(2)(a), (3), (4) and (6)(b), 18(3)(a), 20(4)(b) and (c), 21(2)(a), (3), (4) and (5)(b), 23(7), 24(5)(b) and 45(3) of, paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to, and paragraphs 2(1), (2) and (4)(b) and 3(1), (2) and (3)(b) of Schedule 4 to, the School Inspections Act 1996 and paragraph section 569(4) and (5) of, and 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 57; sections 16(4)(c) and 20(4)(c) were amended by Schedule 6, paragraph 7 of the Education Act 1997."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 56; see section 579(1) for the meaning of “regulations”."
    }
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  "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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