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<Text>The <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/contents" id="c00704" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="32" SectionRef="contents">Education Act 2002</Citation> is amended as follows.</Text>
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<Text>In <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133" id="c00705" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="32" SectionRef="section-133">section 133</Citation> (requirement to be qualified), in <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133" id="c00706" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="32" SectionRef="section-133">subsection (6)</Citation>—</Text>
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<Text>omit “or” after <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133" id="c00707" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="32" SectionRef="section-133">paragraph (a)</Citation>;</Text>
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<Text>after <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/133" id="c00708" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="32" SectionRef="section-133">paragraph (b)</Citation> insert </Text>
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