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InterpretationN.I.2.—(1) The [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly and nothing in this Order shall, except where otherwise expressly provided, prejudice the provisions of the said Act of 1954 and section 17(2) of the said Act of 1954 (amendment, revocation etc. of statutory instruments) shall apply to statutory instruments within the meaning of that Act made under[F2 the Education Orders] and directions given under[F2 the Education Orders] by the Department whether or not such statutory instruments or directions are of a legislative character.
[F2“Catholic maintained school” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 141(3) of the 1989 Order;]
“child”F3. . . means a person who is not over compulsory school age;
“college of education” means a college for the training of teachers[F4 being a college in respect of which grants are paid under Article 66(2), (2A) or (3);]
“contributory school” means, in relation to a controlled[F2 secondary school], a controlled primary school from which, in the opinion of the board responsible for the management of the controlled[F2 secondary school], a substantial number of pupils proceed or are likely to proceed to the controlled[F2 secondary school] for the purpose of continuing their education;
“controlled school” means a grant-aided school under the management of a board;
[F2“controlled integrated school” means a school which has become, or has been established as, a controlled integrated school in accordance with Articles 90 to 92 of the 1989 Order;]
[F5“further education” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;]
[F2“grammar school” means a secondary school which—
(a)immediately before the coming into operation of Article 128 of the 1989 Order was a school in which fees were charged or could have been charged in respect of pupils admitted to the school, or a school which replaces such a school or schools; or
(b)is established after the coming into operation of that Article and is designated by the Department as a grammar school;]
“grant-aided”, when used in relation to a school, institution or establishment, means a school, institution or establishment, as the case may be, to or in respect of which grants are made under[F2 the Education Orders], not being a college of education;
[F2“grant‐maintained integrated school” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 65(3) of the 1989 Order;]
[F3“independent school” means a school at which full‐time education is provided for pupils of compulsory school age (whether or not such education is also provided for pupils under or over that age), not being a grant‐aided school;]
[F5“institution of further education” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;]
[F6“maintained school” means a voluntary school other than a grammar schoolF3. . . ;]
(a)in relation to a controlled school, the board responsible for its management;
(b)[F6in relation to a voluntary school or a grant‐maintained integrated school, the Board of Governors of the school;]
(d)in relation to an independent school, the proprietor of the school;
(e)[F5in relation to an institution of further education, the governing body of that institution;]
(f)in relation to a college of education, the person or body responsible for its management;
[F2“modifications” includes additions, alterations and omissions;]
“newspaper” in Articles 95 to 97 includes any newsagency which as part of its regular business sells or otherwise supplies for reward reports or information to newspapers and any organisation which as part of its regular business collects news for sound or television broadcasts or for programmes to be included in a[F7 programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) other than a sound or television broadcasting service;]
[F8“nursery school” means a primary school which is used mainly for the purpose of providing full‐time or part‐time education for children who have attained the age of 2 years but are under compulsory school age;]
“officer”, in relation to a board, includes a servant but does not include a teacher;
[F9“parent” shall be construed subject to paragraphs (2D) to (2F);]
[F8“primary education” means—
(a)full‐time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils of compulsory school age; and
(b)full‐time or part‐time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils under compulsory school age;]
“pupil”, when used without qualification, means a person of any age for whom education is provided under[F2 the Education Orders];
[F2“scheme of management” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 9A(1);]
“secondary education” means full-time education suitable to the requirements of senior pupilsF2. . . [F5 other than such full-time education provided for senior pupils over compulsory school age at an institution of further education];
[F3“special educational needs”, “special educational provision” and “special school” have the meanings assigned by Article 3 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;]
[F8“the Education Orders” means—
(b)the 1989 Order;
(c)the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993;
(d)the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;
(e)the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
(f)the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
(g)the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
(h)[F4the Colleges of Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;]
(h)[F10the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
(i)the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.]]
[F11“the funding departments” has the meaning given in Article 10 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.]
[F2“the 1989 Order” means the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;]
(a)any trustees or other persons by whom a school has been transferred to a former education authority under the [1923 c. 21 (N.I.)] Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1923, to a former local education authority under the [1947 c. 3 (N.I.)] Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 or to the Department under the 1972 Order or this Order and includes trustees appointed in place of such trustees and the representatives or successors of such persons; or
(b)the Department, where a school is placed under the management of a board under Article 17(6);
“trustees”, in relation to a voluntary[F2 or grant‐maintained integrated] school or college of education, means the person or persons in whom the premises of the school or college of education are, or are to be, vested;
“voluntary school” means a grant-aided school other than a controlled school[F2 or a grant‐maintained integrated school];
[F12(2A) In the Education Orders references to pupils “at” or “attending” a grant-aided school include references to pupils who are not registered pupils at the school but are pupils to whom secondary education is provided at the school in pursuance of arrangements under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006]
[F9(2D) In the Education Orders “parent”, in relation to a child or young person, includes any person—
[F13[F8(2G)] In the Education Orders references to—
[F8(2H)] References in the Education Orders to the staff of or at a school or to persons employed at, in or about a school do not include references to persons employed by the contractor for the purposes of an approved contract.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F21989 NI 20F31996 NI 1F42005 NI 13F51997 NI 15F61993 NI 12F71990 c. 42F81998 NI 13F91995 NI 2F10In art. 2(2) words in definition of "the Education Orders" added (1.8.2006) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(2), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 1F112003 NI 12F12Art. 2(2A) inserted (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4)(c), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 22; S.R. 2007/197, art. 2(a)F131997 NI 5PART IIN.I.EDUCATION AND LIBRARY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THEREOFEducation and library boardsN.I.3.—(1) For the purposes of[F14 the Education Orders], there shall be five Education and Library Boards and each such board shall be the local education authority F15. . . for its area.
(2) The names of the boards shall be those specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 and the area of a board shall be the areas of those local government districts specified opposite the name of that board in column 2 of that Schedule.
(3) The Department may by order, subject to affirmative resolution, amend the name or area of any board.
(4) The boards shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 2 and shall be bodies corporate to which, subject to[F14 Articles 83 and 106], section 19 of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply.
(5) The procedure of boards shall be regulated in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2.
(6) The headquarters of a board shall be situated at each such place as the Department may direct or approve.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F141989 NI 20F15Words in art. 3(1) repealed (1.4.2009) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10(2), 12(2), Sch. 4; S.R. 2009/123, art. 2(g)CommitteesN.I.4.—(1) Each board shall have a teaching appointments committee F16. . . and may appoint such other committees as it considers necessary.
(2) A teaching appointments committee shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 3 F17. . . .
(3 )F18 Each board shall prepare and submit to the Department for approval a scheme specifyingF19... the procedure to be followed by its teaching appointments committee F20. . . .
(4) A board may authorise its teaching appointments committee F21. . . and any other committee appointed by it under paragraph (1) to appoint sub-committees for such purposes[F22 of the committee] as the board may approve and any such sub-committee may contain members who are not members of the board or of the committee which appointed the sub-committee.
(5) A board may authoriseF23... any committee of the board all the members of which are members of the board to perform specific functions on behalf of, and in the name of, the board.
(6) Except as provided by [F24 a scheme under Article 153 of the 1989 Order], a board shall not authorise any committee any member or members of which are not members of the board or a sub-committee to perform functions on behalf of, or in the name of, the board.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F16Words in art. 4(1) repealed (1.4.2009) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10(2), 12(2), Sch. 4; S.R. 2009/123, art. 2(g)F17Words in art. 4(2) repealed (1.4.2009) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10(2), 12(2), Sch. 4; S.R. 2009/123, art. 2(g)F18certain functions transf. by SR 1999/481F191989 NI 20F20Words in art. 4(3) repealed (1.4.2009) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10(2), 12(2), Sch. 4; S.R. 2009/123, art. 2(g)F21Words in art. 4(4) repealed (1.4.2009) by Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 8), ss. 10(2), 12(2), Sch. 4; S.R. 2009/123, art. 2(g)F221989 NI 20F231989 NI 20F241989 NI 20PART IIIN.I.PROVISION OF EDUCATIONThe statutory system of educationN.I. [F25Stages and purposes of statutory system of educationN.I.5.—(1) The statutory system of public education shall be organised in three stages, namely—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F251997 NI 15Powers and duties of boards in relation to primary and secondary educationN.I.Duty of boards to secure provision of primary and secondary educationN.I.6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each board shall secure that there are available in its area sufficient schools for providing primary and secondary education and the schools available for an area shall not be deemed to be sufficient unless they are sufficient in number, character and equipment to afford for all pupils opportunity for education offering such variety of instruction and training as may be desirable in view of their different ages, abilities and aptitudes, and of the different periods for which they may be expected to remain at school, including practical instruction and training appropriate to their respective needs and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Article, a board in fulfilling its duties under this Article shall in particular have regard to—
(a)the need for securing that special educational provision is made for pupils who have special educational needs;
(b)the expediency of securing the provision of boarding accommodation, either in boarding schools or otherwise, for pupils for whom education as boarders is considered by their parents and by the board to be desirable.
[F26(1A) In fulfilling its duty under this Article to secure that there are available in its area sufficient schools for providing secondary education a board shall have regard to any facilities for full time education which are—
(a)provided for senior pupils in an institution of further education; and
(b)available for use by such pupils living in its area.]
(2) Each board may provide nursery schools or nursery classes in other controlled schools; and Article 7 shall apply to any provision made by a board under this paragraph.
Para. (3) rep. by 1998 NI 13
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F261989 NI 20Provision, maintenance and management of controlled schools by boardsN.I.7. For the purposes of fulfilling its duties under[F27 the Education Orders], a board may provide primary, secondary and special schools[F28 within] its area and shall maintain and manage any such school provided by it or transferred to its management by Article 7(2) of the 1972 Order.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F271989 NI 20F281998 NI 13Duties of boards in relation to certain voluntary schoolsN.I.8. F29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F29Art. 8 repealed (31.5.2009) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1759 (N.I. 13)), arts. 1(3)(h), 91(2)(3), Sch. 6 Pt. II; S.R. 2009/183, art. 3(e)(i) F30Power of boards to assist voluntary grammar schools and direct grant voluntary intermediate schoolsN.I.9.—[F31(1)] A board, with the approval of the Department, may—
(a)give assistance, other than financial assistance, to the trustees or Board of Governors of a voluntary grammar schoolF31. . . ; and
(b)give financial assistance to the trustees or Board of Governors of a voluntary grammar school,[F32 in relation to which an agreement with the board is in force under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6.]
[F31(2) A board, with the approval of the Department, may give financial or other assistance to the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school on such terms and conditions as may be arranged between the board and the Board of Governors of the school.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F30prosp. rep. by 1998 NI 13F311989 NI 20F321993 NI 12School managementN.I. [F33Schemes of managementN.I.9A.—(1) For every grant‐aided schoolF34. . . there shall be a scheme (to be known as a “scheme of management”) providing for—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F331989 NI 20F341997 NI 15Preparation of schemes of managementN.I.9B.—(1) It shall be the duty of a board to prepare a scheme or schemes of management for controlled schools under the management of the board; but before preparing a scheme of management applying to any school the board shall consult the Board of Governors of that school.
[F35(4) It shall be the duty of the Board of Governors of a voluntary school (other than a maintained school) to prepare a scheme of management for the school.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F351993 NI 12Approval or imposition of scheme of management by DepartmentN.I.9C.—(1) Every body or person required by Article 9B to prepare a scheme of management shall, on or before such date as the Department may direct, submit the scheme to the Department for its approval, and in this Article and Article 9D “the submitting authority”, in relation to a scheme, means the body by which or person by whom the scheme is required to be prepared.
(3) A scheme of management submitted under paragraph (1) shall not come into operation until it has been approved by the Department or until such date as the Department may, in giving its approval, specify; and the Department may approve such a scheme either without modifica