Education and Adoption Act 2016
Education and Adoption Act 2016
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Overview of the Act
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This Act makes provision about schools in England that are causing concern, including provision about their conversion into academies and about intervention powers; and makes provision about joint arrangements for carrying out local authority adoption functions in England.
Type: UK Public General Act
Year and chapter: 2016 c. 6
Royal Assent: 2016-03-16
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