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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-and-disability-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-13",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110490967",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-and-disability-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“accessibility strategy” has the meaning given in Article 17;\n“accessibility plan” has the meanings given in Article 18;\n“the Department” means the Department of Education;\n“disabled pupil” means a pupil who is a disabled person;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Department;\n“responsible body” has (subject to Article 20(5)) the meaning given in Article 14(5);\n“the Tribunal” has the meaning given in Article 21(2).\n(2) In this Chapter the following have the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the 1986 Order—\n“board”;\n“Board of Governors”;\n“grant-aided school”;\n“independent school”;\n“parent”;\n“proprietor”;\n“pupil”; and\n“school”.\n(3) The Department may by regulations prescribe services which are, or services which are not, to be regarded for the purposes of Articles 14(2), 17 and 18 as being—\n(a) education; or\n(b) an associated service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110490967/article/13",
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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."
}