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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-council-for-england-supplementary-functions-order-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1178",
  "legislation_title": "The Learning and Skills Council for England (Supplementary Functions) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-council-for-england-supplementary-functions-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order confers and imposes on the Learning and Skills Council for England (“the Council”) various powers and duties for dealing with complaints, legal claims and queries arising out of the Secretary of State’s functions under section 509AA(9) of the Education Act 1996 and any of sections 496 to 497B of the 1996 Act as regards anything done, proposed to be done or omitted to be done by a local education authority in England under section 509AA or 509AB of the 1996 Act. The powers and duties conferred are in addition to those already conferred on the Council by the Learning and Skills Council for England (Supplementary Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2877).\nSection 509AA(9) enables the Secretary of State to direct a local education authority in England to make for any academic year: (a) arrangements for the provision of transport or otherwise for facilitating the attendance of persons of sixth form age receiving education or training at schools and various institutions that provide further education or are supported by the Learning and Skills Council for England; or (b) arrangements for providing financial assistance in respect of the reasonable travelling expenses of such persons.\nSections 496 to 497B give the Secretary of State power to make directions in respect of certain functions of a local education authority, which include the duty to provide transport for persons who are of sixth form age or who are disabled or who have learning difficulties.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1178/note",
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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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