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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-plans-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-plans-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/499",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Organisation Plans) (Wales) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-plans-wales-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Adoption of draft plan by the authority",
  "text": "(1) Following the publication of a draft plan and the expiration of the period referred to in regulation 6(2), the authority shall, after considering any comments sent to them within that period, decide whether or not the plan should be adopted by them (with or without modifications).\n(2) The authority shall make their decision under paragraph (1) within the period of two months after the expiration of the period referred to in regulation 6(2).\n(3) If the authority decide to adopt the draft plan (with or without modifications), the plan shall be adopted accordingly.\n(4) The adoption of a draft plan by the authority under paragraph (3) shall take effect at the beginning of the year immediately following the year in which the draft plan was published under regulation 4, or on the date of adoption if that year has already begun.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/499/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:58.069985+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."
}