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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-committees-england-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/700",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Organisation Committees) (England) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Categories of schools",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations schools shall be divided into the following categories–\n(a) community schools and community special schools;\n(b) foundation schools and foundation special schools;\n(c) voluntary schools, other than Church of England or Roman Catholic Church schools, of a particular religious character (so that schools with the same religious character will each form one category); and\n(d) voluntary schools without a religious character.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations in relation to an authority to schools of any category is a reference to schools of a category as specified in paragraph (1) maintained by the authority.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)–\n(a) the reference to a Church of England or Roman Catholic Church school shall not include such a school if the trustees have no connection or association with any diocese of the Church of England or Roman Catholic Church; and\n(b) if an order under section 69(4) of the Act is in force designating a school, the question of the religious character of that school shall be determined by reference to religion or religious denomination stated in relation to that school in the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/3052",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (School Organisation Proposals) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2004"
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    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/3052",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (School Organisation Proposals) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2004"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/700/regulation/4",
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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."
}