{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1980/section-125A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1980/section-125A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/44",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/125A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "125A",
  "heading": "Welfare of children and young persons in accommodation provided for purposes of school attendance.",
  "text": "Where, for the purposes of his being in attendance at a school, a child or young person is provided with residential accommodation, in a place in or outwith that school, by—\n(a) an education authority ... or the managers of a grant-aided or independent school; or\n(b) by any other person in pursuance of arrangements made by any such authority ... or managers,\nthe authority ... or managers in question shall have the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the child or young person while he is so accommodated ....",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 125A(a) repealed (31.12.2004) by Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6), s. 61(2), sch. 3; S.S.I. 2004/528, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 125A(b) repealed (31.12.2004) by Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6), s. 61(2), sch. 3; S.S.I. 2004/528, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 125A repealed (1.3.2026) by Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 11), s. 66(2), sch. 4 para. 21(4); S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with regs. 7, 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 125A inserted (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 36, s. 35 (with ss. 90, 103(1)); S.I. 1995/2787, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/44/section/125A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:17.434244+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."
}