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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) “School” means—\n(a) a maintained school as defined by section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n(b) an independent school as defined by section 463 of the Education Act 1996 entered on a register of independent schools kept under section 158 of the Education Act 2002;\n(c) an independent educational institution within section 92(1)(b) of the Education and Skills Act 2008 entered on a register of independent educational institutions kept under section 95 of that Act;\n(d) a pupil referral unit as defined by section 19 or 19A of the Education Act 1996;\n(e) an alternative provision Academy within the meaning of section 1C(3) of the Academies Act 2010, other than an independent school as defined by section 463 of the Education Act 1996;\n(f) a school approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996 (non-maintained special schools);\n(g) a 16 to 19 Academy within the meaning of section 1B(3) of the Academies Act 2010;\n(h) a sixth form college as defined by section 91(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; and\n(i) a maintained nursery school as defined by section 22(9) of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998.\n(2) “School proprietor” means—\n(a) in relation to a school (other than a pupil referral unit or a sixth form college), the person or body of persons responsible for the management of the school,\n(b) in relation to a pupil referral unit—\n(i) the committee which is established to act as the management committee for that unit by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996, or\n(ii) if there is no such committee, the local authority (as defined by section 579(1) of that Act) which maintains that unit,\n(c) in relation to a sixth form college, the sixth form college corporation as defined in section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.\n(3) In relation to a school, “premises” includes any detached playing fields.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 19-21 and cross-headings inserted (6.4.2015) by The Legislative Reform (Entertainment Licensing) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3253), arts. 1(1), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 21(1)(d) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 48 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/schedule/1/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:23.457524+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."
}