{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-special-educational-needs-and-disability-northern-ireland-order-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
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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": "schedule/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (manner and timing of assessments under Article 15) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (2), for “paragraph 10” substitute “paragraph 3”.\n(3) For sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute—\n“(3) Regulations may provide—\n(a) that where a board is under a duty under Article 15, 20 or 20A to serve any notice, the duty must be performed within the prescribed period,\n(b) that where a board has served a notice under Article 15(1) or 20A(3) on a child’s parent, it must decide within the prescribed period whether or not to make an assessment of the child’s educational needs,\n(c) that where a request has been made to a board under Article 20(1), it must decide within the prescribed period whether or not to comply with the request, and\n(d) that where a board is under a duty to make an assessment, the duty must be performed within the prescribed period.\n(4) Provision made under sub-paragraph (3)—\n(a) may be subject to prescribed exceptions, and\n(b) does not relieve the board of the duty to serve a notice, or make a decision or assessment, which has not been served or made within the prescribed period.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110490967/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:14.753085+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."
}