Article 14 Contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations

(1)

The Department may by order provide, in relation to boards, for a specified matter to cease to be a non-commercial matter for the purposes of Article 20 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (NI 12) (board contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations).

(2)

An order under this Article may—

(a)

provide for a matter to cease to be a non-commercial matter for specified purposes or to a specified extent;

(b)

apply in relation to specified boards, functions or contracts;

(c)

amend a statutory provision;

(d)

include supplementary, incidental, consequential and transitional provisions

(3)

In exercising a function regulated by Article 20 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (NI 12) with reference to a matter which is the subject of an order under this Article a board shall have regard to any guidance issued by the Department.

(4)

Before the Department—

(a)

makes an order under this Article; or

(b)

issues any guidance under paragraph (3),

it shall consult the other funding departments.

(5)

No order shall be made under this Article unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Assembly.