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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/17/section/6</dc:identifier><dc:title>Education Act 1968 (repealed 1.11.1996)</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law as to the effect of and procedure for making changes in the character, size or situation of county schools or voluntary schools to enable special age limits to be adopted for existing as well as for new schools, and to make certain other amendments as to the approval or provision of school premises; and for purposes connected therewith.</dc:description><dc:date>1978-08-31</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>1996-11-01</dct:valid>
					
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