{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-code-appointed-day-wales-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/101",
  "legislation_title": "The School Organisation Code (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-code-appointed-day-wales-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "education, wales\nMade 26 March 2026\nThe Welsh Ministers in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 39(4)(b) of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) make the following Order.\nThe Welsh Ministers have consulted each local authority, the governing body of each maintained school, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, and such other persons they consider appropriate on a draft of the School Organisation Code (“the Code”) in accordance with section 39(1) of the 2013 Act.\nIn accordance with section 39(2) of the 2013 Act, a draft of the Code was laid before Senedd Cymru on 6 February 2026.\nIn accordance with section 39(3) of the 2013 Act, within a period of 40 days Senedd Cymru did not resolve not to approve the draft Code, and the Code was issued in the form of that draft.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2013 anaw 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Any reference in the 2013 Act to the National Assembly for Wales now has effect as a reference to Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/101/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:53.614390+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."
}