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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1996/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1996/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/43",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Scotland) Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-1996",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make arrangements for any of his functions relating to the making of grants under section 23 of this Act (other than his power to prescribe descriptions of children by order under subsection (1) of that section) to be exercised by another person (or any employee of his) on such terms as may be agreed between him and that person.\n(2) Any arrangement made under subsection (1) above may make provision for the functions concerned to be so exercised—\n(a) either wholly or to such an extent as may be specified in the arrangement, and\n(b) either generally or in such cases or circumstances as may be so specified,\nbut shall not prevent the functions concerned from being exercised by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/43/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:53.617962+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."
}