{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.\n(2) The following provisions of this Act come into operation on such date as the Department may by order appoint—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) section 3(1);\n(c) section 5(1) and (2) and Schedules 3 and 4;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) The following provisions come into operation on the day after the day on which the Shared Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 receives Royal Assent—\n(a) section 2(3);\n(b) paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1.\n(3) The other provisions of this Act come into operation on the day after this Act receives Royal Assent.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(2)(a)(d) omitted (10.5.2016) by virtue of Shared Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 20), ss. 8(2), 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(2A) inserted (10.5.2016) by Shared Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 20), ss. 8(3), 10(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/12/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:18.100062+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."
}