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<Text>After section <InternalLink Ref="p09504">436S</InternalLink> of the Education Act 1996 (as inserted by section <InternalLink Ref="section-39" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/39" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/39/enacted">39</InternalLink>) insert—</Text>
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<Text>This section applies to section <InternalLink Ref="p06845">434A</InternalLink>, sections <InternalLink Ref="p07282">436B</InternalLink> to <InternalLink Ref="p09372">436Q</InternalLink> and <InternalLink Ref="p08282">Schedule 31A</InternalLink>, and provisions of regulations made under any of those provisions.</Text>
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