The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 No. 274 (NI. 1)

PART II N.I. CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Identification and assessment of children with special educational needs N.I.

General duty of board towards children for whom it is responsible N.I.

13.—(1) A board shall exercise its powers with a view to securing that, of the children for whom it is responsible, it identifies those to whom paragraph (2) applies.

(2) This paragraph applies to a child if—

(a) he has special educational needs, and

(b) it is necessary for [F1 the Authority] to determine the special educational provision which any learning difficulty he may have calls for.

(3) For the purposes of this Part [F1 the Authority] is responsible for a child if F2 ...—

(a) he is a registered pupil at a grant-aided school, or

(b) he has attained the age of two years, is not over compulsory school age and has been brought to the attention of [F1 the Authority] as having, or probably having, special educational needs.

F1 Words 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)

F2 Words in art. 13(3) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)