Special educational needs: legislation

Primary legislation

Copies of the relevant legislation are published on the Office of Public Sector Information website:

• Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
• Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
• Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) 1993
• Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
• Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 
• Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 
• Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
• The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
• The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Subordinate legislation - education

Copies of the relevant subordinate legislation published on the Office of Public Sector Information website:

Statutory Rule 1998 No. 217

• Education (Special Educational Needs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 

Statutory Rule 1998 No. 205

• Education (Special Educational Needs Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 

Statutory Rule 1997 No. 327

• Education (Special Educational Needs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 

Statutory Rule 1997 No. 315

• Special Educational Needs Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 

Statutory Rule 2005 No 384

• The Education (Special Educational Needs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 

Statutory Rule 2005 No 339

• Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rule 2016 No 327

• The Special Educational Needs and Disability (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016