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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/413</dc:identifier><dc:title>Education Act 1996</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate the Education Act 1944 and certain other enactments relating to education, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law
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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). 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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/body" NumberOfProvisions="693" RestrictStartDate="2026-09-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/part/VI" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/part/VI" NumberOfProvisions="86" id="part-VI" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2026-09-01"><Number>Part VI</Number><Title> School admissions, attendance and charges</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/part/VI/chapter/I" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/part/VI/chapter/I" NumberOfProvisions="36" id="part-VI-chapter-I" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-29"><Number>Chapter I</Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="d29p10450" CommentaryRef="c15249221">Admission, registration and withdrawal of pupils</Addition></Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/part/VI/chapter/I/crossheading/admission-arrangements-for-county-and-voluntary-schools" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/part/VI/chapter/I/crossheading/admission-arrangements-for-county-and-voluntary-schools" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-VI-chapter-I-crossheading-admission-arrangements-for-county-and-voluntary-schools" RestrictStartDate="1996-11-01"><Title> Admission arrangements for county and voluntary schools</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1999-09-01"><Title>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/413" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/section/413" id="section-413"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c15249401"/>413</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c15249221" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in cross-heading substituted (1.9.1999) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31" id="c07149" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="31">1998 c. 31</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c07149" id="c07150" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1" SectionRef="section-140-1">s. 140(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c07149" id="c07151" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/108" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-30-paragraph-108">Sch. 30 para.108</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c07149" id="c07152" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9" SectionRef="section-138-9">ss. 138(9)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c07149" id="c07153" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6" SectionRef="section-144-6">144(6)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016" id="c07154" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="1016">S.I. 1999/1016</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c07154" id="c07155" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/article/2/3" SectionRef="article-2-3">art. 2(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c07154" id="c07156" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c15249401" Type="F"><Para><Text> S. 413 repealed (1.9.1999) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31" id="c06752" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="31">1998 c. 31</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06752" id="c06753" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/140/1/3" SectionRef="section-140-1-3">s. 140(1)(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06752" id="c06754" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/30/paragraph/109" SectionRef="schedule-30-paragraph-109">Sch. 30 para. 109</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06752" id="c06755" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/31" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-31">Sch. 31</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06752" id="c06756" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/138/9" SectionRef="section-138-9">ss. 138(9)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06752" id="c06757" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/31/section/144/6" SectionRef="section-144-6">144(6)</CitationSubRef> and subject to savings in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016" id="c06758" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="1016">S.I. 1999/1016</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06758" id="c06759" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/4/paragraph/11" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-11">Sch. 4 paras. 11</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06758" id="c06760" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/4/paragraph/12" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-12">12</CitationSubRef> (as added (<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06758" id="c06761" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/4/paragraph/31" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-31">31</CitationSubRef>.<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06758" id="c06762" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/4/paragraph/8" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-8">8</CitationSubRef>.<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06758" id="c06763" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/4/paragraph/1999" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-1999">1999</CitationSubRef>) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2484" id="c06764" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="2484">S.I. 1999/2484</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06764" id="c06765" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2484/article/2/4" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2-4">art. 2(4)</CitationSubRef>) and in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2800" id="c06766" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="2800">S.I. 1999/2800</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06766" id="c06767" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2800/regulation/8/3" Operative="true" SectionRef="regulation-8-3">reg. 8(3)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016" id="c06768" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="1016">S.I. 1999/1016</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06768" id="c06769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/article/2/3" SectionRef="article-2-3">art. 2(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c06768" id="c06770" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1016/schedule/3" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-3">Sch. 3</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>