{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/collaboration-between-education-bodies-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2012/2655",
  "legislation_title": "The Collaboration Between Education Bodies (Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/collaboration-between-education-bodies-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“chief education officer” (“prif swyddog addysg”) means a person appointed to that post pursuant to section 532 of the Education Act 1996;\nfederation” (“ffederasiwn” ) and “federated school” (“ysgol ffederal”) are to be interpreted in accordance with section 21 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011;\nfederation transition period” (“cyfnod pontio’r ffederasiwn”) means the period of time after a determination has been made to proceed with the proposals for a federation under regulations 7(1), 10(2), or 12(2) of the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014 but before the federation date;.\n“the Federation of Maintained Schools Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Ffedereiddio Ysgolion a Gynhelir”) means the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014;\n“the Government of Maintained Schools Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Llywodraethu Ysgolion a Gynhelir”) means the Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005;\n“head teacher” (“pennaeth”) means a head teacher of a school the governing body of which is a collaborating education body;\n“instrument and articles” (“offeryn ac erthyglau”) in relation to a further education body, means the instrument and articles of government in force under section 22 or 29 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, as the case may be;\n“local authority member” (“aelod awdurdod lleol”) means a person who is appointed by a local authority to be a member of a joint committee;\n“non governor member” (“aelod nad yw'n llywodraethwr”) means a person who is appointed by a joint committee as a member of it but who is not a member of a collaborating governing body, or a further education body and is not a local authority member;\n“the principal” (“y penadur”) means the principal of a collaborating further education body or any person acting as principal; and\n“the Staffing of Maintained Schools Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Staffio Ysgolion a Gynhelir”) means the Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2006.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a further education body is a reference to a body described in section 1(c) and (d) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011.\n(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a governing body is a reference to a governing body of a maintained school.\n(4) Any reference in these Regulations to a school is a reference to a maintained school.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (22.5.2014) by The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1132), regs. 1(1), 92(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (22.5.2014) by The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1132), regs. 1(1), 92(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 16.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56 as amended by the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) paragraph 4(1) and (2) of Schedule 2 and by S.I. 2010/1158."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/2914 (W.211) as amended by S.I. 2005/3200 (W.236), S.I. 2006/873 (W.81), S.I. 2007/944 (W.80), S.I. 2009/2544 (W.206), S.I. 2010/638 (W.64), S.I. 2010/1142 (W.101) and S.I. 2010/2582 (W.216)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/873 (W.81) as amended by S.I. 2007/944 (W.80), S.I. 2009/2544 (W.206), S.I. 2009/3161 (W.275) and S.I. 2010/1142 (W.101)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/2655/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:44:55.299618+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}