Planning and strategy

7 General duty
(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the duty under Article 64(1) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, the Department of Education must take account of that duty when—
(a) developing, adopting, implementing or revising policies, strategies and plans; and
(b) designing and delivering public services.
(2) The active fulfilment of duties in respect of support for integrated education conferred on education bodies by this Act (or regulations made under it) shall not prejudice or subordinate their duties in respect of promoting shared education or the due discharge of their continuing statutory duties under other enactments including the Shared Education (Northern Ireland) Act 2016.
S. 7 in operation at 26.10.2022, see s. 15