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These Regulations may be cited as the Special Educational Needs and Disability (General Qualifications Bodies) (Relevant Qualifications, Reasonable Steps and Physical Features) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 25th February 2009.
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(1) The Special Educational Needs and Disability (General Qualifications Bodies) (Relevant Qualifications, Reasonable Steps and Physical Features) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 are amended as provided by paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 3 after paragraph (2) add—“
(3) Where a general qualifications body grants an exemption in accordance with paragraph (1), it is always a reasonable step for the general qualifications body to have to take to assess the candidate only in relation to those components of the examination or assessment for which the candidate has not been granted an exemption as if those components comprised the entire examination or assessment.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 22nd January 2009.
Katrina Godfrey
A senior officer of the Department of Education
