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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025-commencement-no-2-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-regulations-2026/schedule/part-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025-commencement-no-2-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "schedule/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions of the Act coming into force on 1 March 2026",
  "text": "Column 1 (provision of the Act)\nColumn 2 (subject matter)\nColumn 3 (purpose)\nSection 33\nHis Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland\nSection 34\nDeputy Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland\nSection 35\nHis Majesty’s Inspectors of Education in Scotland\nSection 36\nAssistance with inspections\nSection 37\nPurpose of inspection\nSection 38\nThe inspection function\nSection 39\nMeaning of “relevant educational establishment” and “excepted establishment”\nSection 40\nThe voluntary arrangements function\nSection 41\nThe advisory function\nSection 42\nWorking with others\nSection 43\nDuties when exercising functions\nSection 44\nAdvisory Council\nSection 45\nInspection plan\nSection 46\nReports on inspections\nSection 48\nReport on performance of the Scottish education system\nSection 49\nOther reports\nSection 50\nProtection from actions of defamation\nSection 51\nGeneral powers\nSection 52\nPowers of entry and inspection\nSection 53\nDuty to provide assistance\nSection 54\nOffences\nSection 55\nNecessary improvements: referral to Scottish Ministers\nSection 56\nPreliminary notice of enforcement action\nSection 57\nEnforcement direction\nSection 58\nPublication of documents\nSection 62\nConsequential modifications\nFor the purpose of bringing into force schedule 4, Part 2\nSchedule 2\nThe Office of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland\nSchedule 4, Part 2\nConsequential modifications",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/2/schedule/part/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:32:17.924852+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."
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