SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 1)

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Article 23 (Tribunal procedure) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (d).

3

After paragraph (2), insert—

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Proceeding before the Tribunal shall be held in private, except in prescribed circumstances.

4

For paragraph (4) substitute—

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Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996 shall not apply to any proceedings before the Tribunal, but regulations may make provision corresponding to any provision of that Part.

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After that paragraph, insert—

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The regulations may make provision for an appeal under this Part to be heard, in prescribed circumstances, with a claim under Chapter I of Part III of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.