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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/class-sizes-in-primary-schools-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/27",
  "legislation_title": "Class Sizes in Primary Schools Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/class-sizes-in-primary-schools-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations a reference to pupils in—\n(a) “Year 1” means those pupils undertaking their first year of compulsory education;\n(b) “Year 2” means those pupils undertaking their second year of compulsory education;\n(c) “Year 3” means those pupils undertaking their third year of compulsory education; and\n(d) “Year 4” means those pupils undertaking their fourth year of compulsory education.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the 1986 Order” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986\n“the 1996 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n“the 1997 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and\n“the 1998 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/866 (N.I. 5)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/27/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:53.014277+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."
}