Primary Schools (Admissions Criteria) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
Article 16 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 requires the Board of Governors of each grant-aided school to draw up the criteria to be applied in selecting children for admission to the school. It also enables the Department of Education to make Regulations requiring the criteria to include, or not to include, such matters or matters of such description as are specified in the Regulations.