{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-21A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-21A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/274",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/21A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21A",
  "heading": "Advice and information for parents",
  "text": "(1) A board shall arrange for the parent of any child ... with special educational needs to be provided with advice and information about matters relating to those needs.\n(2) In making the arrangements, the Authority shall have regard to any guidance given by the Department.\n(3) The board shall take such steps as it considers appropriate for making the services provided under paragraph (1) known to—\n(a) the parents of children ...;\n(b) the principals and Boards of Governors of grant‐aided schools ...;\n(c) the principals and proprietors of independent schools ...; and\n(d) such other persons as it considers appropriate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2005 NI 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 21A repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Arts. 6-21B: power to disapply or modify conferred (temp.) (25.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(1), Sch. 17 para. 17 (with ss. 88-90)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Arts. 6-21B expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 16 para. 17 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/8",
      "affecting_title": "Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/8",
      "affecting_title": "Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/274/article/21A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:42:29.330479+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."
}