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					<dc:description>These Regulations place a duty on local education authorities to publish information about matters relating to the provision of education for children with special educational needs.</dc:description>
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<ContentsTitle>The Special Educational Needs (Provision of Information by Local Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2002</ContentsTitle>

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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1996" Number="0056">1996 c. 56</Citation>.</Text>
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<Text><Emphasis>See</Emphasis> the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (<Acronym Expansion="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</Acronym> <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/672" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="0672">1999/672</Citation>).</Text>
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