EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 36



36.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, in this Order the
expression "compulsory school age" means any age between five years and
sixteen years and accordingly a person shall be of compulsory school age if he
has attained the age of five years and has not attained the age of sixteen
years.

(2) Where a person attains the age of sixteen years

(a)on any date occurring in the period beginning on 1st September in any year
and ending on 31st January in the following year he shall be deemed not to
have attained the upper limit of compulsory school age until the date on which
the spring term at his school in that following year ends [or such other date
as the Department may, by order subject to affirmative resolution, prescribe];

(b)on any date occurring in the period beginning on 1st February in any year
and ending on 31st August in that year, he shall be deemed not to have
attained the upper limit of compulsory school age until, or, as the case may
be, deemed to have attained that upper limit on, [the Friday before the last
Monday in May in that year] [or such other date as the Department may, by
order subject to affirmative resolution, prescribe];

....

(3) The Ministry may by regulations prescribe dates for the commencement of
school attendance of a child on attaining the lower limit of compulsory school
age.

Para.(4) rep. by 1978 NI 10 art.18(2) sch.2

(5) This Article shall have effect for the purposes of any enactment whereby
the definition of compulsory school age in this Order or in any enactment
repealed by this Order is applied or incorporated ....

[(5A) In paragraph (5) "enactment" includes an enactment of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom.]

Para.(5B) (inserted by 1976 NI 2 art.4(2)) rep. by 1976 NI 9 art.6(2) sch.

(6) In this Article

"school" in relation to a person means the last school at which he is a
registered pupil for the term in question or for part of that term;

"autumn term" in any year means the last term to end before 31st December in
that year;

"spring term" in any year means the last term to end before 1st May in that
year;

"summer term" in any year means the last term to end before 1st September in
that year.

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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 36