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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-schools-act-1992-commencement-no-4-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1325",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Schools) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-schools-act-1992-commencement-no-4-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 15th May 1996 sections 2(3)(c) and (d), 3(2), 6(3)(c) and (d), and 7(2) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992.\nSection 2(3)(c) and (d) impose upon Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools in England, and section 6(3)(c) and (d) impose upon Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales, certain specific duties of keeping under review in their respective countries the system of inspections under, and compliance with, the Act.\nSections 3(2) and 7(2) confer upon the Chief Inspector in England and the Chief Inspector in Wales respectively, the function of arranging for section 9 inspections to be monitored by one or more of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools.\nAll other provisions of the Act (except paragraph 4(1) to Schedule 4, and in Schedule 5, the repeal of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Education Reform Act 1988) were brought into force by the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1157), the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1190) and the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1491).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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