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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-education-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-education-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/710",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Education) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-education-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“abolished authority” means a principal council which is or is to be wound up and dissolved by a section 17 order;\n“the reorganisation date” in relation to an authority means the date (being 1st April in any year) which is specified as such in relation to that authority in a section 17 order;\n“section 17 order” means an order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992;\nany reference to a transferor authority is a reference to a local authority which, by or in consequence of a structural or boundary change (or both such changes) effected by a section 17 order, ceases to exercise the functions of a local education authority in relation to an area (“the transferred area”) on the reorganisation date; and\nany reference to the transferee authority is a reference to the local authority by which such functions are exercisable in relation to that area on and after that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/710/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:44:12.028939+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."
}