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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2014/1132",
  "legislation_title": "The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule, “sponsor” (“noddwr”) in relation to a federation means—\n(a) a person who gives or has given substantial financial assistance (which for these purposes includes benefits in kind) to the federation or to a federated school other than pursuant to statutory obligation; or\n(b) any other person (not being otherwise represented on the governing body of a federation) who provides or has provided substantial services to the federation or to the federated school.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 1 in force at 22.5.2014, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:38:54.593351+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}