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href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133">subsection (6)</ref>—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-53-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit “or” after <ref eId="c00707" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133">paragraph (a)</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-53-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after <ref eId="c00708" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133">paragraph (b)</ref> insert <quotedText startQuote="“">, or</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>Academies of a description specified by the Secretary of State in regulations under this section.</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-53-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In <ref 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