Article 22 Admission to special schools of children resident outside Northern Ireland

F1The Authority may make arrangements for the admission to a special school F2... of a child who is resident outside Northern Ireland and has special educational needs.

Arrangements made in respect of a child under this Article shall not be for a period of more than one school year at a time; but further arrangements may be made under this Article for a subsequent school year in respect of the same child and the same special school.

The Authority may only enter into arrangements under this Article in respect of a special school and a school year (or a part thereof) if the Authority is of the opinion that doing so will not, in the school year in question, prevent the admission to the school of a child resident in Northern Ireland.

Articles 128 to 131 of the 1989 Order (which restrict the charges which can be made in respect of pupils at a grant-aided school) shall not apply to a special school in relation to a pupil admitted to the school in accordance with arrangements under this Article; and accordingly in Article 127 of the 1989 Order after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted—

“(4A)

Those Articles do not apply to a special school in relation to a pupil admitted to the school in accordance with arrangements under Article 22 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.” .

The Authority may, in respect of a pupil admitted to a special school in accordance with arrangements under this Article, make such charges as it may determine.