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23.—[F1(1) [F2The Authority] shall make arrangements for the parent of a child F3...—
(a)to express (in order of preference) his preferences as to the school at which he wishes pre-school education to be provided for his child;
(b)where any of those schools provides both full time and part-time pre-school education, to express his preference as to which kind of pre-school education he wishes to be provided for his child; and
(c)to give reasons for his preferences.
(2) Where the parent of a child has expressed his preferences under arrangements under paragraph (1)—
(a)the parent shall be taken as making an application for admission of the child to the school which is the first preference of the parent; and
(b)if that application is refused, the parent shall then be taken as making an application for admission of the child to the school which is the second preference of the parent,
and so on, taking each preference of the parent in order.
(2A) Where—
(a)a school provides both full-time and part time education; and
(b)a parent's expressed preferences include both,
paragraph (2) shall be read as if references to admission to a school were references to admission to a school for the particular kind of pre-school education (that is to say part-time or full-time) which is specified in the preference in question.]
F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) It shall be the duty of the Board of Governors of a school to make arrangements for the admission of children—
(a)to full-time pre-school education at the school, in accordance with Articles 24 to 27, 32 and 33; and
(b)to part-time pre-school education at the school, in accordance with Articles 28 to 31, 32 and 33.
F2Words 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)
F3Words in art. 23(1) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F4Art. 23(3) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
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