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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Assessment Arrangements) (Foundation to Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“autumn term” means the period commencing on 1st August and ending with the beginning of the Christmas holiday;\n“other skills” means the skills specified by The Education (Other Skills) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007;\n“school year” means a year ending on 31st July\n“summer term” means the period commencing immediately after the Easter holiday and ending with the school year; and\n“the 2006 Order” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R 2007 No."
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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."
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