{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-assessment-arrangements-for-key-stage-3-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction.json",
  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION\nMade 18th September 1997\nComing into operation 20th October 1997\nThe Department of Education in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 7(1)(b), (2)(a)(ii) and (6) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20); Article 7(2) was amended by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1) Article 35(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/422/introduction",
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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."
}