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  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1759",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Introductory",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“baseline assessment” means the assessment of pupils in their first year of compulsory education for the purpose of assisting the future planning of their education and the measurement of their future educational achievements;\n“baseline assessment arrangements” means the arrangements specified in an order under Article 9(1);\n“school year” means a year ending on 31st July.\n(2) For the purposes of this Chapter the first year of compulsory education of a child is the school year in which he attains the lower limit of compulsory school age.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1759/article/7",
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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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