{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1997/866",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Parental preference",
  "text": "(1) The Authority shall make arrangements for the parent of a child ...—\n(a) to express (in order of preference) his preferences as to the school at which he wishes education to be provided for his child; and\n(b) to give reasons for his preferences.\n(2) Where the parent of a child has expressed his preferences under arrangements .under paragraph (1). then for the purposes of this Part—\n(a) the parent shall be taken as making an application for admission of the child to the school which is the first preference of the parent; and\n(b) if that application is refused, the parent shall then be taken as making an application for admission of the child to the school which is the second preference of the parent,\nand so on, taking each preference of the parent in order.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "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": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(1) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"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      "text": "Art. 9(3) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/866/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:26.317352+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."
}