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UK Law Reference
All sections of Education and Adoption Act 2016
2016 c. 6, s.12

Section 12 — Power to revoke Academy orders

This version in force from 2016-04-18

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

After section 5C of the Academies Act 2010 (inserted by section 11 above) insert—Power to revoke Academy orders under section 4(A1) or (1)(b)5D (1) The Secretary of State may by order revoke an Academy order under section 4(A1) or (1)(b). (2) If an Academy order is revoked the Secretary of State must give a copy of the order to everyone to whom a copy of the Academy order was given under section 4(4). (3) Despite section 568(1) of EA 1996 (orders to be made by statutory instrument) (as applied by section 17(4) of this Act) the power of the Secretary of State to make an order under this section is not required to be exercised by statutory instrument.