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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/192",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2016",
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  "text": "Column 1\nProvisions of the 2016 Act\nColumn 2\nSubject matter\nColumn 3\nAppointed day\nColumn 4\nPurpose\nSection 1\nPupils experiencing inequalities of outcome\n1st August 2016\nFor the purpose of inserting section 3A of the 2000 Act.\nSection 2(1) and (2)\nNational Improvement Framework\n1st August 2016\nFor the purpose of inserting section 3C of the 2000 Act.\nSection 2(3)\nNational Improvement Framework\n1st August 2016\nFor the purpose of repealing section 4 of the 2000 Act only.\nSection 2(4)(a)\nNational Improvement Framework\n1st August 2016\nFor the purpose of repealing the definition of “national priorities in education” from section 58(1) of the 2000 Act only.\nSection 2(4)(b)\nNational Improvement Framework\n1st August 2016\nSection 3(1) and (2)\nPlans and reports\n1st August 2016\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 3E(2) of the 2000 Act.\nSection 3(1) and (2)\nPlans and reports\n1st December 2016\nFor the purpose of inserting section 3E of the 2000 Act (in so far as section 3E is not already inserted).\nSection 3(1) and (2)\nPlans and reports\n1st August 2016\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 3F(4) of the 2000 Act.\nSection 3(1) and (2)\nPlans and reports\n1st December 2016\nFor the purpose of inserting section 3G of the 2000 Act.\nSection 4\nGuidance\n1st August 2016\nSection 7\nAssessment requests\n1st August 2016\nSo far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 7(5) of the 2016 Act.\nSection 16\nGuidance\n15th July 2016\nSection 17\nMeaning of “Gaelic education” and “Gaelic medium education”\n15th July 2016\nSection 21(1) and (2)\nLearning hours\n1st August 2016\nFor the purpose of inserting section 2ZA(11) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.\nSection 29\nProvision of early learning and childcare: children with guardians\n1st August 2016\nSection 30\nMeaning of “the 1980 Act”\n1st August 2016",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "New section 3B of the 2000 Act will be inserted by subsequent commencement regulations under the 2016 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "New section 3D of the 2000 Act will be inserted by subsequent commencement regulations under the 2016 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1980 c.44."
    }
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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."
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