{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1981/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1981/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/23",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1981",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Postponement of effect of section 127(3) and (4) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 6 to the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (which lists provisions thereof whose commencement is postponed until such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint), at the end there shall be added the following paragraph (which relates to provisions requiring, among other things, a written summary of such vocational advice as a school leaver has received to be given to that school leaver)—\n“\n16 Section 127(3) and (4).”\n(2) Without prejudice to the validity of—\n(a) any actings of an education authority before the coming into force of this section; or\n(b) any expenses incurred in connection with such actings,\nthe said Act of 1980 shall be deemed to have had effect as if originally enacted as amended by subsection (1) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 1, 5–8, 11, 12, 16, 24–28, 33, 36, 37(1)(2)(3)(4), 38(1), 40, 41, Sch. 1 (a)(b)(c)(i)(ii)(iii)(d)(i)(ii)(e), Sch. 2 paras. 1–10, 12–14, 16–25, 27–34, 37–42, Sch. 3 paras. 2–7, 12–20, 22–24, 26, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39 and Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/23/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:13.424750+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."
}