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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-inspection-wales-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1866",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-inspection-wales-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nWALES\nMade 23rd July 1998\nLaid before Parliament 5th August 1998\nComing into force 1st September 1998\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) and (4) 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 section 569(4) and (5) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Education Act 1996, 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. 57; sections 16(4)(c) and 20(4)(c) of the School Inspections Act 1996 were amended by Schedule 6, paragraph 7 of the Education Act 1997 (c. 44)."
    },
    {
      "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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