{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-139.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/755",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/139",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Variation and revocation of licences",
  "text": "(1) A licence under Article 138 may be varied on the application of the person holding it by the Education Authority .\n(2) The Education Authority may vary or revoke a licence under Article 138 if—\n(a) any condition subject to which the licence was granted is not observed; or\n(b) the Education Authority is not satisfied as to the matters mentioned in paragraph (3) of that Article,\nbut before varying or revoking the licence, the Education Authority shall give to the holder of the licence such notice, if any, of the Education Authority's intentions as may be practicable in the circumstances.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 139(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 14(12) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 139(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 14(13)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 139(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 14(13)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 139(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 14(13)(c) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 139(3) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 139(4) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 139(5) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/755/article/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:31.848331+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}