Shared Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Power of other bodies to encourage and facilitate shared educationN.I.

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4—(1) The bodies listed in subsection (2) may encourage and facilitate shared education.

(2) The bodies are—

(a)the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools;

(b)the Youth Council for Northern Ireland;

(c)the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment; and

(d)any sectoral body.

(3) In this section, “sectoral body” means a body—

(a)which is recognised by the Department of Education as representing the interests of grant-aided schools of a particular description; and

(b)to which grants are paid under section 4 of the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.