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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3089",
  "legislation_title": "The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-admission-arrangements-england-regulations-2008/enacted",
  "path": "regulation/26",
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  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Parents who are eligible to refer an objection",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 88H(3)(a) the description of a parent who may refer an objection relating to admission arrangements under that subsection is an individual who is—\n(a) where the objection falls within regulation 27(a), the parent of a child of compulsory school age receiving primary education;\n(b) where the objection falls within regulation 27(b), the parent of a child who has attained the age of two and is receiving primary education; or\n(c) where the objection falls within regulation 27(c)—\n(i) in the case of an objection to arrangements for admission for sixth form education, the parent of a child who is, or will be, eligible to apply to the school whose admission arrangements are the subject of the objection, and\n(ii) in any other case, the parent of a child who has attained the age of two but is not above compulsory school age;\nand, in the case of the matters referred to in either paragraph (a) or (b), is resident in the relevant area for consultation relating to those admission arrangements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 98A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, inserted by section 153 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, for the meaning of “sixth form education”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3089/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:35:04.510886+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."
}