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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-schools-and-further-education-regulations-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1086",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-schools-and-further-education-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 23rd July 1981\nLaid before Parliament 6th August 1981\nComing into Operation 1st September 1981\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27 and 35(4) of the Education Act 1980 and (so far as concerns Regulation 2) in exercise of, the powers conferred by section 100 of the Education Act 1944 and by section 5(2) of the Local Government Act 1974, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Extended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.20) as prospectively amended by section 33(3) of the Education Act 1980."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1964/490, 1978/274."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Extended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1086/introduction",
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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."
}