{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1997/1772",
  "legislation_title": "The Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Establishment of new institution of further education",
  "text": "(1) The Department may establish a new institution of further education.\n(2) Before establishing a new institution of further education under this Article the Department shall consult—\n(a) the Authority; and\n(b) the governing bodies of such institutions of further education and such other persons as appear to the Department to be appropriate.\n(3) Where the Department proposes to establish a new institution of further education, it shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, ensure—\n(a) that an instrument of government and articles of government are made for the new institution; and\n(b) that a governing body is established for the new institution under this Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), s. 7(2)(c), Sch. 3 para. 18(1) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/1772/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:18.289154+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."
}