{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-st-andrews-agreement-act-2006/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-st-andrews-agreement-act-2006/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/53",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-st-andrews-agreement-act-2006",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Amendment of Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 etc",
  "text": "(1) In Article 1 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—\n“(a) if Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 comes into force, on such date as the Department may by order appoint;\n(b) if Schedule 3 to that Act comes into force, on the date on which that Schedule comes into force;”.\n(2) In Article 16 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/866 (N.I. 5)) (as substituted by Article 28(1) of the 2006 Order), in paragraph (5), in the opening words, after “a secondary school” insert “ or of a secondary school of a specified description ”.\n(3) The amendment made by subsection (2) shall come into force if (and only if) Schedule 4 comes into force.\n(4) If the amendment comes into force in accordance with subsection (3), it shall come into force on 28 March 2007.\n(5) If Schedule 3 comes into force, subsections (2) to (4) shall be repealed on the date on which that Schedule comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21(1)(3)-(5) in force at Royal Assent and s. 21(2) in force at 10.5.2007, see s. 21(3)(4), 27(7) (as amended by 2007 c. 4, s. 1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/53/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:12.155621+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."
}