{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-uniforms-guidelines-and-allowances-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-uniforms-guidelines-and-allowances-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/1",
  "legislation_title": "School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-uniforms-guidelines-and-allowances-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "No application to children below compulsory school age",
  "text": "(1) By virtue of this section—\n(a) nothing in Chapter 1 enables guidelines to apply, and\n(b) nothing in guidelines under Chapter 1 is to be taken to apply,\nwith respect to children who are under compulsory school age.\n(2) The reference in this section to compulsory school age has the meaning mentioned in Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.\n(3) This section is subject to regulations made under this Chapter (for which see the next section).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in operation at 20.2.2026, see s. 18(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/1/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:02.525429+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."
}