The Education Reform (1989 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
This Order makes a number of subjects compulsory at key stage 4 of the Northern Ireland Curriculum on 28th March 1997 in relation to pupils in the first year of that key stage and on 1st August 1997 in relation to pupils in the second year of that key stage. The subjects are: History or Geography or Business Studies or Economics or Political Studies or Home Economics or Social and Environmental Studies; and French or German or Italian or Spanish or Irish.