{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-start-of-compulsory-school-age-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1607",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Start of Compulsory School Age) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-start-of-compulsory-school-age-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 1st July 1998\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 1998\nComing into force 1st August 1998\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 8(4)(a) of the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56; section 8 is amended by the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) section 52(1) to (3), which will come into force on 1st August 1998 (see S.I. 1998/386 (c.9))."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1607/introduction",
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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."
}