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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-organisation-wales-act-2013/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-organisation-wales-act-2013/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2013/1",
  "legislation_title": "School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-organisation-wales-act-2013",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Restrictions on changing category of school",
  "text": "(1) A maintained school within one of the categories set out in section 20(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 may become a school within another of those categories (except a foundation school or foundation special school) only in accordance with this Part.\n(2) A school may not change category to become a voluntary aided school unless the governing body of the school satisfies the Welsh Ministers that it will be able to carry out its obligations under Schedule 3 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (funding of voluntary aided schools) for a period of at least five years following the date on which it is proposed that the change of category is to take place.\n(3) A voluntary or foundation school may not become a community school unless any transfer agreement and transfer of rights and liabilities agreement required by Part 3 of Schedule 4 has been entered into.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 46 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(a) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2013/1/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:33.426523+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."
}