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The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
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- 1996 No. 274 (N.I. 1)
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[F1Procedure for ceasing to maintain a statementN.I.
12.—(1) A board may not cease to maintain a statement except in accordance with paragraph 13.N.I.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the board—
(a)ceases to maintain a statement for a child who has ceased to be a child for whom it is responsible, or
(b)is ordered to cease to maintain a statement under Article 18(3)(c).
13.—(1) A board may cease to maintain a statement only if it is no longer necessary to maintain it.N.I.
(2) Where the board decides to cease to maintain a statement—
(a)it shall give notice in writing of that fact to the child's parent, and
(b)the parent of the child may appeal to the Tribunal against the decision.
(3) A notice under sub-paragraph (2)(a) must inform the parent of the right of appeal under sub-paragraph (2)(b) and contain such other information as may be prescribed.
(4) On an appeal under this paragraph the Tribunal may—
(a)dismiss the appeal, or
(b)order the board to continue to maintain the statement in its existing form or with such amendments of the description in the statement of the board's assessment of the child's special educational needs or the special educational provision specified in the statement, and such other consequential amendments, as the Tribunal may determine.
(5) Except where the parent of the child appeals to the Tribunal under this paragraph, a board may only cease to maintain a statement under this paragraph within the prescribed period beginning with the service of the notice under sub-paragraph (2).
(6) A board may not, under this paragraph, cease to maintain a statement if—
(a)the parent of the child has appealed under this paragraph against the board's determination to cease to maintain the statement; and
(b)the appeal has not been determined by the Tribunal or withdrawn.]
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