The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Other functions of the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council

22.—(1) The Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council shall—

(a) keep all aspects of examinations and assessment under review;

(b) advise the Department on such matters concerned with examinations and assessment as the Department may refer to it or as it may see fit;

(c) publish and disseminate, or assist in the publication and dissemination of, information relating to examinations and assessment;

(d) advise the Department on the exercise of its powers under Article 9(1);

(e) carry out such other activities as the Department may direct, being activities which the Department considers to be appropriate for the Council to carry out for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of any of its functions under Article 21 or this Article.

(2) The Council may, in connection with the exercise of any of its functions, and shall if the Department so directs, carry out, or commission, or assist in any way, the carrying out by another body or person of, any programme of research and development for purposes connected with examinations and assessments.

(3) The Council shall make such reports and returns, and give such information, to the Department as the Department may reasonably require.