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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998/section-143",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/31",
  "legislation_title": "School Standards and Framework Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998",
  "path": "section/143",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "143",
  "heading": "Index.",
  "text": "The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are defined by, or (as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions of this Act listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.\nExpression\nRelevant provision\nability (in Chapter II of Part III)\nsection 99(5)\nadjudicator\nsection 25(3)\nadmission arrangements (in Part III in relation to a maintained school)\nsections 88(2) and 99(5)\nadmission authority (in Chapter I of Part III in relation to a maintained school)\nsection 88(1)\nadmitted to a school for nursery education\nsection 142(5)\nalteration (in Part II in the context of a prescribed alteration to a maintained school)\nsection 28(11)\nappeal panel (in Chapter I of Part III)\nsection 84(6)\nappointed day (except in Part I of Schedule 32)\nsection 20(7)\nappropriate diocesan authority (in relation to a Church in Wales, Church of England or Roman Catholic Church school)\nsection 142(1) and (4)\nappropriate further education funding council\nsection 142(1)\narea (in Part II)\nsection 28(11)\nAssembly\nsection 142(1)\nbudget share (in Part II)\nsection 47(1)\nChief Inspector (in Chapter IV of Part I)\nsection 14(4)\nchild (in Chapter I of Part III but not in sections 96 and 97)\nsection 84(6)\nchild looked after by a local authority (in Chapter 1 of Part 3)\nsection 84(7)\nChurch in Wales school\nsection 142(1)\nChurch of England school\nsection 142(1)\nclass (in Chapter I of Part I)\nsection 4\ncommunity or foundation special school\nsection 142(1)\n“contract of employment” and other expressions relating to employment\nsection 142(1) and (7)\ndiscontinuing, and implementing proposals to discontinue, a school (in Part II in relation to a local authority)\nsection 29(10)\ndisposing of land\nsection 142(6)\neducation action zone (in Chapter III of Part I)\nsection 10(1)\nexclude, exclusion (in relation to the exclusion of a child from a school)\nsection 142(1)\nfoundation (in relation to a foundation or voluntary school) (and having a foundation)\nsection 21(3)\nfoundation body\nsection 21(4)\nfoundation governor\nsection 142(1)\ngoverning body\n(in Chapter III of Part I)\nsection 10(6)\n(of a maintained school or of a school maintained by a local authority) (in Chapter IV of Part II)\nsection 45(3)\ngrammar school (in Chapter II of Part III)\nsection 104(7)\ngroup (in relation to a foundation body)\nsection 21(4)\nindividual schools budget (in Part II)\nsection 45A(3)\ninfant class (in Chapter I of Part I)\nsection 4\nland or other property held on trust, or by trustees, for the purposes of a school\nsection 21(3)(c)\n. . .\n. . .\nlocal authority (in relation to a school maintained, or proposed to be maintained, by such an authority)\nsection 22(8)\nlocal schools budget (in Part II)\nsection 46(1)\nmaintain (in relation to a maintained school or a maintained nursery school)\nsection 22(8)\nmaintained school\n(generally)\nsection 20(7)\n. . .\n. . .\n(in Chapter IV of Part II in a context referring to a local authority)\nsection 45(3)\n(in Chapter I of Part III)\nsection 84(6)\n(in Chapter II of Part III)\nsection 99(5)\nmaintained nursery school\nsection 22(9)\nmember of the Inspectorate (in Chapter IV of Part I)\nsection 14(4)\nminor authority\nsection 141\nnew school (in Chapter IV of Part II)\nsection 45(4)\nnon-schools education budget (in Part 2)\nSection 45A(1)\nnursery education (in Part V)\nsection 117\nordinary teaching session (in Chapter I of Part I)\nsection 4\nparticipating school (in Chapter III of Part I in relation to an education action zone)\nsection 10(6)\nprescribed\n(generally)\nsection 142(1)\n(in sections 89 to 90)\nsection 90ZA\npromoters (in Part II) in relation to Wales\nsection 28(2) ...\nschool teacher(in Chapter I of Part I in relation to an infant class)\nsection 4\nreception class\nsection 142(1)\nregulations\n(generally)\nsection 142(1)\n(in sections 89 to 90)\nsection 90ZA\nrelevant age group\nsection 142(1)\nrelevant standard number (in Chapter I of Part III)\nsection 84(6)\nright to a delegated budget (in Part II)\nsection 49(7)\nRoman Catholic Church school\nsection 142(1)\nscheme (in Part II in relation to a maintained school)\nsection 48(5)\nschool having a delegated budget (in Part II)\nsection 49(7)\nschool maintained by a local authority\n(generally)\nsection 142(1)\n(in Chapter IV of Part II)\nsection 45(3)\nschool opening date\nsection 33(6)\n. . .\n. . .\nschool requiring special measures (in Chapter IV of Part I)\nsection 14(4)\nschool which has a religious character in England\n(in Part 2 in relation to a foundation or voluntary school)\nsection 69(3)\n(in Part 5A in relation to an independent school)\nsections 69(3) and 124B(1).\nschool in Wales which has a religious character\n(in Part 2 in relation to a foundation or voluntary school)\nsection 68A(1)\n(in Part 5A in relation to an independent school)\nsections 68A(1) and 124B(A1)\nschool which has selective admission arrangements (in Chapter II of Part III)\nsection 104(2)\nschools budget (in Part 2)\nsection 45A(2)\nspecified religion or religious denomination\nsection 142(3)\nstatutory provision\nsection 142(1)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 143 entry omitted (W.) (1.10.2013) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 19(11)(a); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 143 entry omitted (W.) (1.10.2013) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 19(11)(b); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 inserted (30.6.2008) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 17 para. 5; S.I. 2008/1429, art. 3(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 inserted (8.1.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 50(4), 188(3); S.I. 2006/3400, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 143 entry omitted (W.) (1.10.2013) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 19(11)(c); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 2 para. 10(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 substituted (1.9.2003 for E., 9.1.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 113(a) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/1667, art. 4; S.I. 2003/2961, art. 7, Sch. Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 substituted (1.9.2003 for E., 31.10.2005 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 113(b) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/1667, art. 4; S.I. 2005/2910, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 substituted (1.10.2002 for E., 4.12.2003 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 113(c) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3 (with art. 4, Sch. para. 2); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 143 entry omitted (5.5.2010) by virtue of The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 10(13)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 repealed (1.10.2002 for E., 4.12.2003 for W. for specified purposes) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4) and S.I. 2006/173, reg. 5); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3 (with art. 4, Sch. paras. 35); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 omitted (W.) (20.2.2014) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 4(7); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 inserted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 10(13)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "S. 143 entry substituted (2.12.2008) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), s. 173(4), Sch. 1 para. 73(2); S.I. 2008/3077, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "S. 143 entry omitted (W.) (1.10.2013) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 19(11)(d); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 inserted (25.5.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 3 para. 30(a)(i); S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 repealed (25.5.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 3 para. 30(a)(ii), Sch. 18 Pt. 3; S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(o)(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 substituted (19.12.2002 for W., 1.8.2003 for E.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 113(e) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 4, Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/1667, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "S. 143 entry substituted (2.12.2008) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), s. 173(4), Sch. 1 para. 73(3); S.I. 2008/3077, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 repealed (1.10.2002 for E., 4.12.2003 for W. for specified purposes, 1.2.2006 for W. for specified purposes) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4) and S.I. 2006/173, reg. 5); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3 (with art. 4, Sch. paras. 35); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II; S.I. 2006/172, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "S. 143 entry omitted (W.) (1.10.2013) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 19(11)(e); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 substituted (1.9.2003 for E., 31.10.2005 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 113(f) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/1667, art. 4; S.I. 2005/2910, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 repealed (25.5.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 3 para. 30(b), Sch. 18 Pt. 3; S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(o)(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 substituted (1.9.2003) by The Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037), regs. 1(1), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 entry substituted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 40(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 entry inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 40(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Words in s. 143 inserted (1.10.2002 for E., 4.12.2003 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 113(g) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3 (with art. 4, Sch. para. 2); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 143 savings for effects of 2002 c. 32, ss. 41(3), 215, Sch. 21 paras. 100(1)(2), 113, 125, Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (W.) (19.11.2003) by The Education Act 2002 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2959), regs. 1(1), 5"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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