{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1980/section-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1980/section-2A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/44",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Assessment of secondary school pupils.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the testing and assessment of pupils undertaking the first or second year of secondary education in public ... schools.\n(2) It shall be the duty of an education authority ... to comply with the provisions of regulations made in pursuance of subsection (1) above.\n(3) Regulations made in pursuance of subsection (1) above may make different provision as to different cases or circumstances.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2A(1) repealed (31.12.2004) by Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc.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      "text": "Words in s. 2A(2) repealed (31.12.2004) by Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc.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": "S. 2A inserted (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 43, s. 32; S.I. 1996/2250, art. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/44/section/2A",
    "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."
}