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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-1989-order-commencement-no-9-order-northern-ireland-1998/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-1989-order-commencement-no-9-order-northern-ireland-1998/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/119",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Reform (1989 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-1989-order-commencement-no-9-order-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order makes the subject Irish (in Irish speaking schools) compulsory in Irish speaking schools only on a phased basis from 31st July 1998. It becomes compulsory for pupils in key stage 3 and the first year of key stage 4 from that date, and from 31st July 1999 for pupils in the second year of key stage 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/119/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:24:38.973685+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."
}