{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-tribunal-general-provisions-and-disability-claims-procedure-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1985",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (General Provisions and Disability Claims Procedure) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-tribunal-general-provisions-and-disability-claims-procedure-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nEDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 24th July 2002\nLaid before Parliament 5th August 2002\nComing into force 1st September 2002\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28J (1), (2), (3) and (8), 67 (1) and (3) and 68 (1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and sections 333 (5), 334 (2), 336(1), 569 (1) and 579 (1) of the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, with the agreement of the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with section 28J (4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and article 5 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50; section 28J inserted by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10), section 19(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/672."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "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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