# The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 100: Determination of disputes


Any dispute arising between—
(a) the Authority and the trustees or managers of a voluntary school;
(b) the Authority and the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school;
(bb ) the Authority and the governing body of an institution of further education;
(c) the Authority and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools; or
(d) the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and the trustees or managers of a Catholic maintained school,
with respect to the exercise of any power conferred or the performance of any duty imposed by or under the Education Orders may, notwithstanding any enactment rendering the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty contingent on the opinion of one of the parties to the dispute, be referred by either party to the dispute to the Department and any dispute so referred shall be determined by the Department whose determination shall be final.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/594/article/100 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-libraries-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-100
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