{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-71.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0337377170",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/71",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Payment of salaries, etc of teachers",
  "text": "(1) Except where regulations otherwise provide, the Department shall, on behalf of a board, issue payment of—\n(a) the salaries and allowances of—\n(i) teachers employed by the board;\n(ii) teachers employed on the staff of a maintained school maintained by the board; and\n(b) the relevant contributions in respect of such teachers.\n(2) Except where regulations otherwise provide, the Department shall, on behalf of the Board of Governors of a grant-maintained integrated school, issue payment of—\n(a) the salaries and allowances of teachers employed by that Board of Governors; and\n(b) the relevant contributions in respect of such teachers.\n(3) Regulations may provide for the Department, on behalf of the Board of Governors of a voluntary grammar school, to issue payment of—\n(a) the salaries and allowances of teachers employed by that Board of Governors; and\n(b) the relevant contributions in respect of such teachers.\n(4) In this Article “relevant contributions” means—\n(a) secondary Class 1 contributions under the 1992 c. 7.Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; and\n(b) employers' superannuation contributions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0337377170/article/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:48.428621+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}