{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-2016-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/327",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs and Disability (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-2016-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis order brings into operation section 6 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.\nSection 6 provides that parents have 22 days in which to make representations, or provide written evidence, when the Education Authority notifies them that it has received a referral to make a statutory assessment under Article 15 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. The Authority can, with the parent’s consent, proceed to the next stage before the 22 days has expired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/327/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:55:03.787027+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."
}