{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000-commencement-no-6-order-2003/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000-commencement-no-6-order-2003/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/84",
  "legislation_title": "The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000-commencement-no-6-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st August 2003 section 15 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000. Section 15 establishes a statutory presumption in favour of “mainstream education” where an education authority is providing school education. “Mainstream education” in this context refers to education in a school other than a special school. Section 15 also recognises that a mainstream setting may not be appropriate in all cases and sets out circumstances where an education authority may decide to offer education in a special school.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/84/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:05.463226+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."
}