# Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 45: Schools required to be covered by a scheme


(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, a school is required to be covered by a scheme in any financial year if either—
(a) immediately before the beginning of that year it is a relevant school; or
(b) at any time during that year it becomes a relevant school (whether by virtue of being newly established as such a school or by virtue of becoming such a school where it was previously an independent school).
(2) References in this Chapter to a relevant school in relation to a scheme made or to be made by a board are references to a grant-aided school situated in the area of the board, other than a special school or a school established in a hospital.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0337377170/article/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-45
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