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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/307",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into operation those provisions of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 which relate to children with special educational needs. Article 3, Articles 6 to 28, Schedules 1 and 2, Part I of Schedule 5 and Part I of Schedule 6 come into operation on 1st September 1997; Articles 4 and 5 come into operation on 1st September 1998.\nArticle 3 defines certain terms.\nArticles 4 and 5 relate to a code of practice on special educational needs.\nArticles 6 to 9 make general provisions in relation to special educational provision.\nArticles 10 to 12 provide for special educational provision otherwise than in a grant-aided school.\nArticles 13 to 21, and Schedules 1 and 2, provide for the identification and assessment of children with special educational needs.\nArticles 22 to 24 provide for a Special Educational Needs Tribunal.\nArticle 25 relates to religious education in special schools.\nArticle 26 relates to the approval of institutions other than grant-aided schools.\nArticle 27 relates to school attendance orders.\nArticle 28 refers to the making of regulations and orders.\nSchedules 5 and 6 make consequential legislative amendments and repeals.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/307/note",
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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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