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Education Reform (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

S.R. 1998/117 · Made 19 March 1998

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EDUCATION

Made 19th March 1998

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Coming into operation 30th July 1998

The Department of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 6(6) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to Schedule 2 to the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education Reform (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 30th July 1998.

2Amendment to Schedule 2 to the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

In Schedule 2 to the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f1 in columns (3) and (4) after the entry “French or German or Italian or Spanish or Irish (A)” there shall be inserted the entry “Irish (in Irish speaking schools only) (A)”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on

L.S.

C. Jendoubi (Mrs.)

Assistant Secretary

19th March 1998.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends Schedule 2 to the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to add the compulsory contributory subject “Irish (in Irish speaking schools only) (A)” to the Language Studies Area of Study at key stages 3 and 4.

This Order comes into operation on 30th July 1998.