{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-8A.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/8A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Duty to inform parent where special educational provision made",
  "text": "If—\n(a) a child for whom no statement is maintained under Article 16 is a registered pupil at an ordinary grant-aided school;\n(b) special educational provision is made for him (whether at the school or elsewhere in pursuance of arrangements under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006) because it is considered that he has special educational needs; and\n(c) his parent has not previously been informed under this Article of special educational provision made for him . . . ,\nthe Board of Governors of the school shall inform the child's parent that special educational provision is being made for him . . . because it is considered that he has special educational needs.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2005 NI 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(b) substituted (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4)(c), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 36(a); S.R. 2007/197, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A repealed (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4)(c)(d), 44, Sch. 2 para. 36(b), Sch. 3 Pt. III; S.R. 2007/197, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "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": "words substituted",
      "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/8A",
    "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."
}