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7A.—(1) Article 7(2) does not require a child to be educated in an ordinary school during any period in which—
(a)he is admitted to a special school for the purposes of an assessment under Article 15 of his educational needs and his admission to that school is with the agreement of—
(i)[F1the Authority] ;
(ii)the Board of Governors of the school;
(iii)his parent; and
(iv)any person whose advice is to be sought in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;
(b)he remains admitted to a special school, in prescribed circumstances, following an assessment under Article 15 at that school;
(c)he is admitted to a special school, following a change in his circumstances, with the agreement of—
(i)[F1the Authority] ;
(ii)the Board of Governors of the school; and
(iii)his parent.
(2) Article 7 does not affect the operation of—
(a)Article 10; or
(b)paragraph 5 of Schedule 2.
(3) If [F1the Authority] decides—
(a)to make a statement for a child under Article 16, but
(b)not to name in the statement the school for which a parent has expressed a preference under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2,
it shall, in making the statement, comply with Article 7(3).
(4) A board may, in relation to its ordinary controlled schools taken as a whole, rely on the exception in Article 7(3)(b) only if it shows that there are no reasonable steps that it could take to prevent the incompatibility.
(5) A board or a Board of Governors may, in relation to a particular ordinary school, rely on the exception in Article 7(3)(b) only if it shows that there are no reasonable steps that either of them could take to prevent the incompatibility.
(6) The exception in Article 7(3)(b) does not permit a Board of Governors to fail to comply with the duty imposed by Article 16(5)(b).
(7) Boards and Boards of Governors of grant-aided schools shall have regard to guidance about Article 7 and this Article issued by the Department.
(8) That guidance shall, in particular, relate to steps which may, or may not, be regarded as reasonable for the purposes of paragraphs (4) and (5).
F1Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Arts. 6-21B: power to disapply or modify conferred (temp.) (25.3.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(1), Sch. 17 para. 17 (with ss. 88-90)
C2Arts. 6-21B expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 16 para. 17 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)
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