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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/117",
  "legislation_title": "Education Reform (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis 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.\nThis Order comes into operation on 30th July 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/117/note",
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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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