<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="ukpga"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56"/><FRBRdate date="1996-07-24" name="enacted"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/><FRBRnumber value="56"/><FRBRname value="1996 c. 56"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/2026-07-15"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/2026-07-15"/><FRBRdate date="2026-07-15" name="validFrom"/><FRBRauthor href="#"/><FRBRlanguage language="eng"/></FRBRExpression><FRBRManifestation><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/2026-07-15/data.akn"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/2026-07-15/data.akn"/><FRBRdate date="2026-08-13+01:00" name="transform"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/><FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/></FRBRManifestation></identification><lifecycle source="#"><eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1996-07-24" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/><eventRef date="1996-11-01" eId="date-1996-11-01" source="#"/><eventRef date="1999-09-01" eId="date-1999-09-01" source="#"/><eventRef date="2010-05-05" eId="date-2010-05-05" source="#"/><eventRef date="2026-07-15" eId="date-2026-07-15" source="#"/></lifecycle><analysis source="#"><restrictions source="#"><restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#part-II" refersTo="#extent-e+w" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#section-175" refersTo="#extent-e+w" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction refersTo="#period-from-2026-07-15" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-from-2026-07-15" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#part-II" refersTo="#period-from-2010-05-05" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#part-II-chapter-VII" refersTo="#period-from-1996-11-01" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#part-II-chapter-VII-crossheading-discontinuance-of-voluntary-school-by-governing-body" refersTo="#period-from-1996-11-01" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#section-175" refersTo="#period-from-1999-09-01" type="jurisdiction"/></restrictions><otherAnalysis source=""><uk:commentary href="#section-175" refersTo="#c15243951"/></otherAnalysis></analysis><temporalData source="#"><temporalGroup eId="period-from-1996-11-01"><timeInterval start="#date-1996-11-01" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup><temporalGroup eId="period-from-1999-09-01"><timeInterval start="#date-1999-09-01" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup><temporalGroup eId="period-from-2010-05-05"><timeInterval start="#date-2010-05-05" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup><temporalGroup eId="period-from-2026-07-15"><timeInterval start="#date-2026-07-15" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup></temporalData><references source="#"><TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/><TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s+ni" href="/ontology/jurisdictions/uk.EnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIreland" showAs="E+W+S+N.I."/><TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w" href="/ontology/jurisdictions/uk.EnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIreland" showAs="E+W"/></references><notes source="#"><note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c15243951" marker="F1"><p>S. 175 repealed (1.9.1999) by <ref eId="c02608" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31">1998 c. 31</ref>, <ref eId="c02609" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3">s. 140(1)(3)</ref>, <ref eId="c02610" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/69">Sch. 30 para. 69</ref>, <ref eId="c02611" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31">Sch. 31</ref> (with <ref eId="c02612" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9">ss. 138(9)</ref>, <ref eId="c02613" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6">144(6)</ref>); 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41</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-78-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/78/3">s. 78(3)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-78-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/78/5">(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect EffectId="key-652f4bbeebc045a9d8c1710b418e1275" Type="inserted" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56" AffectedYear="1996" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 2 para. 2(6)" AffectingYear="2026" AffectingNumber="21" Modified="2026-07-16T13:21:19Z" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedProvisions="s. 447A and 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URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/78/3">s. 78(3)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-78-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/78/5">(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect Comments="This was a duplicate amendment made when omissions and repeal were listed separately. This was before Norman devised a method to ensure that this didn’t happened (cross-referring the omission and the repeal, with the blue brackets around the repeal). I have therefore merged the two commentaries and am marking this as unapplied. - Duplicate edit, repealed by 2005 c. 18 Sch. 9 para. 9. &#34;Sch. 19 Pt. 1&#34; added to commentary. - Unable to locate s. 578(1) - Duplicate edit, repealed by 2005 c. 18 Sch. 9 para. 9. &#34;Sch. 19 Pt. 1&#34; added to commentary. - Unable to locate s. 578(1)" Row="185" AffectingNumber="18" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56" AppliedModified="2018-04-17T13:21:46.810102+01:00" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 19 Pt. 1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-02dbd6e20aabb4200fc46ea75e64b75e" AffectedProvisions="s. 578(1)" AffectingYear="2005" Type="words repealed" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/18" Modified="2021-06-21T14:37:47Z" AffectedNumber="56" EffectId="key-02dbd6e20aabb4200fc46ea75e64b75e" AffectedYear="1996" RequiresApplied="false"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Education Act 1996</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-578-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/section/578/1" FoundRef="section-578">s. 578(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Education Act 2005</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-19" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/18/schedule/19">Sch. 19 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-19-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/18/schedule/19/part/1">Pt. 1</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-125-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/18/section/125/4">s. 125(4)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2034" CommencingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Date="2005-09-01" Qualification="for E." CommencingYear="2005" CommencingNumber="2034" Comments="the repeal entries relating to: the Education Act 1996; the School Inspections Act 1996; the Education Act 1997; the Learning and Skills Act 2000, except in relation to the repeal of section 81; the Education Act 2002; and the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, except in relation to the repeal of the provisions in Schedule 26"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="article-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2034/article/4">art. 4</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions></ukm:InForce><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2006/1338" CommencingClass="WelshStatutoryInstrument" Date="2006-09-01" Qualification="for W." CommencingYear="2006" CommencingNumber="1338" Comments="for the repeals relating to: Education Act 1996, School Inspections Act 1996, Education Act 1997, School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Learning and Skills Act 2000 (except the repeal of section 81), Education Act 2002"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2006/1338/article/3">art. 3</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2006/1338/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:CommencingSavings><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2006/1338/schedule/4">Sch. 4 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4-paragraph-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2006/1338/schedule/4/paragraph/6">para. 6</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingSavings></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AppliedModified="2012-10-22T16:06:57.637+01:00" Modified="2026-05-11T11:54:32Z" AffectedProvisions="s. 457(4)(i)-(iia)" Row="813" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingNumber="5" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Type="repealed" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 14 Pt. 1" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56" AffectedNumber="56" AffectingYear="2012" EffectId="key-9dcb539fa3c8ff4b057ef426c6706fd6" AffectedYear="1996" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-9dcb539fa3c8ff4b057ef426c6706fd6" RequiresApplied="true"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Education Act 1996</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-457-4-i-iia" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/section/457/4/i/iia" FoundRef="section-457">s. 457(4)(i)-(iia)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Welfare Reform Act 2012</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-14" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/14">Sch. 14 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-14-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/schedule/14/part/1">Pt. 1</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-150-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/5/section/150/3" Extent="E+W+S+N.I." 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