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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0337377170",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) The Council shall be constituted in accordance with regulations.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1), regulations under that sub-paragraph—\n(a) shall provide for the membership of the Council to include persons representative of—\n(i) teachers;\n(ii) employing authorities;\n(iii) transferors and trustees of grant-aided schools;\n(iv) institutions providing for the initial and further training of teachers;\n(v) industry and commerce; and\n(vi) such other interests as in the opinion of the Department will enable the Council to carry out its functions more effectively;\n(b) shall provide for—\n(i) the appointment or election and tenure of office of, and the vacation of office by, members of the Council;\n(ii) the appointment or election of one of the members of the Council to be chairman of the Council and the period for which the chairman is to hold office;\n(c) may enable or require the Council to establish committees for any purpose specified in the regulations and provide for the constitution of such committees.\n(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may authorise the Council to make provision with respect to any matter.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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