{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1047",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Special Educational Needs) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 7th April 1994\nLaid before Parliament 13th April 1994\nComing into force 1st September 1994\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 166(4), 168(2), 172(6), 301(6) of, and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 9 and paragraphs 5, 7, and 8 of Schedule 10 to the Education Act 1993, and by section 19 and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1981the Secretary of State for Education, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1981 c. 60."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}