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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/655",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursery-education-england-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th March 1998\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1998\nComing into force 1st April 1998\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1 and 8(4) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, the Nursery Education and Grant Maintained Schools Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:",
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  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 50."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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