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The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
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- art. 13(3)(b) words repealed by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Obligation to enter pupils for approved public examinationsN.I.
136.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the Board of Governors of every grant‐aided school shall secure that each F1. . . pupil at the school is entered, at such time as it considers appropriate, for eachF2. . . public examination for which he is being prepared at the school at the time in question in each [F3specification] for that examination for which he is being so prepared.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not require a Board of Governors to secure that a pupil is entered for any examination, or for any examination in any [F3specification] for that examination, if F4. . . —
(a)the Board of Governors considers that there are educational reasons in the case of that particular pupil for not entering him for that examination or (as the case may be) for not entering him for that examination in that [F3specification] and the parent of the pupil agrees that he should not be so entered; or
(b)the parent of the pupil requests in writing that the pupil should not be entered for that examination or (as the case may be) for that examination in that [F3specification] .
[F5(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.]
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not require a Board of Governors to secure that a pupil is entered for any examination in any [F6specification] for that examination if the Board of Governors has secured that pupil's entry for anotherF2. . . public examination in a corresponding [F3specification] .
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a [F3specification] for any such examination shall be regarded as corresponding to a [F3specification] for another such examination if the same course of study is provided at the school concerned in preparation for both [F7specifications] .
(5) As soon as practicable after determining whether or not to secure the entry of any pupil for[F8 a] public examination in any [F3specification] for which he is being prepared at the school the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school shall notify the parent of the pupil in writing of its determination in relation to each such [F3specification].
F1Word in art. 136(1) repealed (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4), 44, Sch. 2 para. 32(a), Sch. 3 Pt. III; S.R. 2007/197, art. 2, Sch.
F3Word in art. 136 substituted (1.8.2006) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(2), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(a)
F4Word in art. 136(2) repealed (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4), 44, Sch. 2 para. 32(b), Sch. 3 Pt. III; S.R. 2007/197, art. 2, Sch.
F5Art. 136(2)(c) added (23.3.2007) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(4), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 32(b); S.R. 2007/197, art. 2(a)
F6Word in art. 136 substituted (1.8.2006) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(2), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(a)
F7Word in art. 136(4) substituted (1.8.2006) by Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)), arts. 1(2), 44(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(b)
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