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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/651",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Special Educational Needs) (Approval of Independent Schools) Regulations 1994",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Substances and apparatus involving health hazards",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph shall apply in relation to the use of—\n(a) any radioactive substance which has a specific activity in excess of 100 becquerels per gram, or\n(b) any apparatus in which electrons are accelerated in vacuo by a potential difference of at least 5 kilovolts other than a cathode ray oscilloscope, a television receiving set or a visual display unit used in the normal way for viewing.\n(2) Before any such substance or apparatus is used for the purpose of instruction at the school, the Secretary of State shall be notified in writing of the proposed use.",
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      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/651/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:37:55.493792+00:00"
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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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