# School Admissions (Exceptional Circumstances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Paragraph 2


A panel shall not issue a direction for a child to be admitted to a specified school unless that school has refused to grant a request for that child to be so admitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/19/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-exceptional-circumstances-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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