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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-15",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/8",
  "legislation_title": "Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Definition of “child” for purposes of special education",
  "text": "(1) Article 3 of the 1996 Order (definitions relating to special educational needs and special educational provision) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (8) (time when child is deemed to attain age of 19) for “school term” (twice) substitute “ school year ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/8/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:02.481562+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."
}