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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-and-libraries-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110443063",
  "legislation_title": "The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-and-libraries-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n(a) references to a school which has a delegated budget are references to a school managed by a Board of Governors to which a board has for the time being delegated the management of the school’s budget share in pursuance of the scheme;\n(b) the Board of Governors of a school to which the board is required by the scheme to delegate the management of the school’s budget share is said to have a right to a delegated budget.\n(2) In this Part—\n“the scheme” means the common funding scheme under Article 3;\n“the board”, in relation to a school, means the board for the area in which the school is situated.\n(3) References in this Part—\n(a) to a school’s budget share are to be construed in accordance with Article 4(3);\n(b) to a relevant school are to be construed in accordance with Article 3(2).\n(4) The Department may by order subject to affirmative resolution substitute for references in this Part to a financial year references to such other period as the Department may determine.\n(5) Directions and guidance given by the Department under this Part shall—\n(a) be in writing; and\n(b) be published in such manner as the Department thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443063/article/8",
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  },
  "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."
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