Application and ExemptionsN.I.
3.—[F1(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), this Order shall apply in relation to pupils in the final year of key stages 1, 2 and 3 in all grant-aided schools.
(2) This Order shall not have effect in relation to a pupil in respect of whom a board is maintaining a statement of special educational needs under Article 16 of The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1), and who, on the making of an assessment of his special educational needs, has been assessed by that board under Article 15 of that Order as having severe learning difficulties.
(3) Where a pupil has been exempted from any of the requirements of Articles 5 to 9 of the 2006 Order by Article 14 (Development work and experiments), 15 (Exceptions by regulations), 16 (Pupils with statements of special educational needs) or 17 (Temporary exemptions for individual pupils) of the 2006 Order, the provisions of this Order shall not apply in respect of the requirements from which the pupil is exempt and that pupil shall be assessed only in relation to those parts of the curriculum from which they are not exempt.]
Textual Amendments
F1Rules revoked (10.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.8.2013 in so far as not already in operation) by The Education (Levels of Progression for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/444), art. 5
Commencement Information