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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-uniforms-guidelines-and-allowances-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-uniforms-guidelines-and-allowances-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/1",
  "legislation_title": "School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-uniforms-guidelines-and-allowances-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Express limit on specific styles by guidelines",
  "text": "Guidelines under this Chapter may include provision regulating (or restricting) numbers of—\n(a) items of clothing, or\n(b) sets of clothing,\nwhich school uniform policies are permitted to require, by reference to specific styles, to be worn by pupils.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in operation at 20.2.2026, see s. 18(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/1/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:02.525429+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."
}