The Education (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 245 (C. 18)

EDUCATION

The Education (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

29th April 2005

The Department of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(3) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Education (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.

Appointed Day

2.  The following provisions of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 shall come into operation on 29th April 2005, that is to say –

(a) Articles 55 to 60;

(b) Articles 67 and 68; and

(c) Articles 70 to 72.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 29th April 2005.

L.S.

Katrina Godfrey

Senior Officer of the

Department of Education

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation the following Articles of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Part VII, Financing of Schools:

• Articles 55 to 57 provide for the suspension, review, and appeal procedures relating to the withdrawal of financial delegation;

• Article 58 which makes provisions relating to the staff of controlled and maintained schools with delegated budgets;

• Articles 59 and 60 provides for the financing by boards of special schools, and Article 67 provides for the preparation of financial statements for special schools managed by the board;

• Article 68 provides for building and equipment grants for voluntary schools; and

• Articles 70 to 72 provide for miscellaneous financial provisions relating to schools.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 have been brought into operation by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. Number
Article 16, Article 88(3) and Schedule 4	31st December 1998	S.R. 1998 No. 456
Article 13	1st September 1999	S.R. 1999 No. 337
Article 70(5)	30th November 1999	S.R. 1999 No. 439
(a) Articles 34 to 41;	19th October 2000	S.R. 2000 No. 302
(b) Schedule 1;
(c) Part II of Schedule 5 in so far as it relates to the amendments to Article 151(4) of the 1989 Order Article 78(7) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

(1)

S.I. 1998/1759 (N.I. 13)