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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2216",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND\nMade 16th June 2001\nLaid before Parliament 19th June 2001\nComing into force 1st September 2001\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 316A(2), 322(4), 324(2), 325(2A) and (2B), 326A(4), 328(1), (3A), and (3B), 329(2A), 329A(9), 336A(1) and 569(1), (2), (4) and (5) of, and paragraphs 2, 3(1), (3) and (4) of Schedule 26, and paragraphs 2(3), 2B(3), 5(3), 6(3), 7(1) and (2), 8(3A) and (5), 11(2A) and (4) of Schedule 27 to, the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56. By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), the powers conferred by sections 322(4), 324(2), 328(1), and 569, and by paragraphs 2(1) and (2) of Schedule 26 are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. For the meaning of regulations see section 579(1) of the Act. Sections 316A(2), 325(2A), and 2(B), 326A(4), 328(3A) and (3B), 329A(9) and 336A(1) were inserted by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10), section 1, paragraph 6 of Schedule 8, section 5, paragraph 7 of Schedule 8, section 8 and section 4 respectively."
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  "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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