# The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 42: Direction to admit child to specified school

Extent: N.I.

(1) A board may give a direction under this Article if, in the case of any child ..., one or both of the following conditions is satisfied in relation to each school which is a reasonable distance from his home and provides suitable education, that is—
(a) he has been refused admission to the school; or
(b) he has been expelled from the school.
(2) A direction given under this Article by the Authority shall specify a grant-aided school—
(a) which is a reasonable distance from the child's home, and
(b) from which the child has not been expelled.
(3) Where a grant-aided school is specified in a direction under this Article, the Board of Governors shall admit the child to the school.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not affect any power to suspend or expel from a school a pupil who is already a registered pupil there.
(5) Before giving a direction under this Article, the Authority shall consult—
(a) the parent of the child,
(b) the Board of Governors of the school it proposes to specify in the direction,
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) if that school is a Catholic maintained school, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.
(6) Where the Authority gives a direction under this Article specifying a school, it shall give notice in writing of that fact to the Board of Governors of the school.
(7) In this Article—
“school” does not include a special school;
“suitable education”, in relation to a child, means efficient full-time education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs he may have.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/274/article/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-42
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