Article 136A Recovery of wasted examination feesF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Notwithstanding Article 128(5) or Article 133(3), where—

(a)

the Board of Governors of a grant-aided school has paid or is liable to pay a fee in respect of the entry of a F2. . . pupil at the school for a public examination in any F3specification for that examination; and

(b)

the pupil fails without good reason to meet any examination requirement for that specification ,

the Board of Governors may recover the amount of the fee from the pupil's parent.

(2)

It shall be for the Board of Governors which has paid or is liable to pay the fee in question to determine for the purposes of this Article any question whether a pupil who has failed to meet an examination requirement had good reason for the failure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 1998 NI 13
F2: Word in art. 136A(1) repealed (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4), 44, Sch. 2 para. 33, Sch. 3 Pt. III; S.R. 2007/197, art. 2, Sch.
F3: Word in art. 136A(1) substituted (1.8.2006) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(2), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 12