Paragraph 9 Grant-aided schools: Northern Ireland

(1)

This paragraph applies in Northern Ireland and to a public body which is a grant-aided school within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986^f1 (“a grant-aided school”).

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a grant-aided school is a member of a group with the Education and Library Board^f2 which funds that school.

(3)

Where the Education and Skills Authority has been established^f3, subject to sub-paragraph (4), a grant-aided school is a member of a group with that Authority.

(4)

Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in respect of a phase where that phase has commenced before the Authority is established.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3). The definition of “grant-aided” under Article 2(2) was amended by the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20)).
f2: Boards are established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
f3: The Northern Ireland Assembly Education Bill 3/08 makes provision for the establishment of the Education and Skills Authority.