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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-general-qualifications-bodies-relevant-qualifications-reasonable-steps-and-physical-features-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-general-qualifications-bodies-relevant-qualifications-reasonable-steps-and-physical-features-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/79",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Educational Needs and Disability (General Qualifications Bodies) (Relevant Qualifications, Reasonable Steps and Physical Features) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-general-qualifications-bodies-relevant-qualifications-reasonable-steps-and-physical-features-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION\nMade 3rd March 2008\nComing into operation 1st April 2008\nThe Department of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 34(4), 37(6)(c), (d) and (f), 38(7) and 49(4) of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, after consultation with such persons as appear to the Department to be appropriate in accordance with Article 39(2) of that Order, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1117 (N.I. 6). See Article 39(1) for definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/79/introduction",
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  "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."
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