The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

PART II AMENDMENTS COMING INTO OPERATION ON DAYS TO BE APPOINTED UNDER ARTICLE 1(4)

The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 3)

22.  In Article 2 after paragraph (2) insert—

“(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”.

23.  In Article 13—

(a) in paragraphs (3C) and (3D) for “pupils attending” substitute “registered pupils at”;

(b) in paragraph (5) for “pupil attending” substitute “registered pupil at”.

24.  In Article 21(1) for “pupils in attendance” substitute “registered pupils”.

25.  In Article 48(1) for “persons who are pupils at the school” substitute “pupils attending the school (whether they are registered pupils of the school or not)”.

26.  In Article 48 at the end add—

“(3A) A child registered as a pupil at a school in any school year may not in that year be registered as a pupil at another school unless he is first withdrawn from the school at which he is registered.”.

27.  In each of the following provisions for “pupils attending” substitute “registered pupils at”—

(a) paragraphs 2(2)(b), 3(2)(b), 4(c), 5(1)(a), 5(3)(a) of Schedule 4;

(b) paragraphs 2(2)(d) and 3(2)(c) of Schedule 5;

(c) paragraphs 4(2)(c) and 5(2)(c) of Schedule 6;

(d) paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 7.

28.  In each of the following provisions for “pupil attending” substitute “registered pupil at”—

(a) paragraphs 2(2)(a), 3(2)(a) and 7(2)(b) (twice) of Schedule 5;

(b) paragraphs 4(2)(a) and 5(2)(a) of Schedule 6;

(c) paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 7.

29.  In Schedule 13 in paragraph 3 after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) and of any proceedings under paragraph 4, attendance by a pupil at a school or other place in pursuance of arrangements under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 shall be taken to be attendance at the school at which he is a registered pupil.”.

The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 20)

30.  In Article 128 in paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9) and (10) omit “registered”;

31.  In Article 130 (1)(a) omit “registered”.

32.  In Article 136—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit “registered”;

(b) in paragraph (2) omit “either” and at the end add—

“(c) the pupil is also being prepared for that examination or (as the case may be) for that examination in that specification at another school in pursuance of arrangements under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and those arrangements provide for the Board of Governors of that other school to comply with the duty under paragraph (1) in relation to the examination in question.”.

33.  In Article 136A(1) omit “registered”.

34.  In Article 137(2)(b), (3), (4) and (6) omit “registered”.

The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (N1 1)

35.  In Article 8 (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) for “registered pupil” substitute “pupil attending the school”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c) for “registered pupils” substitute “pupils attending the school”.

36.  In Article 8A—

(a) in paragraph (b) for “at the school” substitute “(whether at the school or elsewhere in pursuance of arrangements under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006)”;

(b) omit “at the school” in the other two places where it occurs.

37.  In Article 21B(2) for “registered pupil at” substitute “pupil attending”.

The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (N1 13)

38.  In Article 3(1) for “its pupils” substitute “pupils attending the school”.

39.  In Article 5(2)(a) for “attending” substitute “a registered pupil at”.

40.  In Article 11(1)(b) for “academic or vocational” substitute “general or applied”.

41.  In Article 74(6) in the definition of “examination” for “an academic or vocational” substitute “a general or applied”.

42.  In Article 75(3) in the definition of “external qualification” for “academic or vocational” substitute “general or applied”.

43.  In Article 76(5) for “an academic or vocational” substitute “a general or applied”.

44.  In Article 81(7) in the definition of “external qualification” for “academic or vocational” substitute “general or applied”.

The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 12)

45.  In Article 17(1) for “registered pupils at” substitute “pupils attending”.

46.  In Article 36(1) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) for whom education is provided, otherwise than at a school or institution of further education, in pursuance of arrangements made by the Board of Governors of a school under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006,”.