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Article 140 Community use of school premises

Northern Ireland

Subject to regulations—

(a)

the managers and Board of Governors of every controlled school;

(b)

the trustees and managers of every voluntary school and grant‐maintained integrated school,

shall, in exercising their respective powers in relation to the school premisesF1 (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, any powers under F2Article 72 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 ), have regard to the desirability of the premises being made available (when not required by or in connection with the school) for use by members of the community served by the school.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

1993 NI 12

F2

Words in art. 140 substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 11(17) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)