# The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443063/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-and-libraries-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-14
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