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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/422",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“attainment target” means an attainment target in a relevant subject specified in an Order listed in Part 2 of the Schedule;\n“level descriptions” in relation to an attainment target specified for a relevant subject means the levels set out in the Document published by the Stationery Office in respect of that subject and listed in Part 1 of the Schedule;\n“relevant subject” means English, Mathematics or Science;\n“the Assessment Document” means a document published by the Stationery Office entitled “Assessment Arrangements in Key Stage 3”;\n“the Council” means the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment;\n“the 1989 Order” means the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; and\n“the 1996 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in operation at 20.10.1997, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISBN 0 337 04326 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Established under S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20) Article 17A as inserted by S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12) Article 34"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/422",
      "affecting_title": "Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/457",
      "affecting_title": "Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/222",
      "affecting_title": "Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/422/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:27:11.678086+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."
}