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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-11/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/8",
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  "number": "8",
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  "text": "(1) A person does not contravene section 85(1), so far as relating to disability, only by applying a permitted form of selection.\n(2) In relation to England and Wales, a permitted form of selection is—\n(a) in the case of a maintained school which is not designated as a grammar school under section 104 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, a form of selection mentioned in section 99(2) or (4) of that Act;\n(b) in the case of a maintained school which is so designated, its selective admission arrangements (within the meaning of section 104 of that Act);\n(c) in the case of an independent educational institution, arrangements which provide for some or all of its pupils to be selected by reference to general or special ability or aptitude, with a view to admitting only pupils of high ability or aptitude.\n(3) In relation to Scotland, a permitted form of selection is—\n(a) in the case of a school managed by an education authority, arrangements approved by the Scottish Ministers for the selection of pupils for admission;\n(b) in the case of an independent school, arrangements which provide for some or all of its pupils to be selected by reference to general or special ability or aptitude, with a view to admitting only pupils of high ability or aptitude.\n(4) “Maintained school” has the meaning given in section 22 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.",
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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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