# The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022, Article 1: Title and interpretation


(1) The title of this Order is the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“the 2018 Act” (“Deddf 2018”) means the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018;
“the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;
“academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means the period of 12 months beginning on 1 September;
“additional learning needs” (“anghenion dysgu ychwanegol”) has the meaning given to it in section 2 of the 2018 Act;
“child” (“plentyn”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;
“individual development plan” (“cynllun datblygu unigol”) means a plan prepared and maintained under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2018 Act;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a maintained school within the meaning of section 79(1)(a) and (b) of the 2021 Act;
“nursery education” (“addysg feithrin”) means education provided to children or pupils below compulsory school age—
(i) in a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, or
(ii) by the provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;
“provider of funded non-maintained nursery education” (“darparwr addysg feithrin a gyllidir ond nas cynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 80(2)(a) of the 2021 Act;
“pupil referral unit” (“uned cyfeirio disgyblion”) has the meaning given to it in section 81(1) of the 2021 Act;
“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act;
“reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means a year group in which the majority of the children or pupils attain the age of 5;
“setting” (“lleoliad”) means—
(a) a maintained school,
(b) a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;
(c) a pupil referral unit, and
(d) the provision of teaching and learning for a child otherwise than at a pupil referral unit by virtue of arrangements made under section 19A of the 1996 Act;
“special educational needs” (“anghenion addysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 312(1) of the 1996 Act;
“special educational needs provision” (“darpariaeth anghenion addysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 312(4) of the 1996 Act;
“statement of special educational needs” (“datganiad anghenion addysgol arbennig”) means a statement within the meaning of section 324 of the 1996 Act;
“year 1” (“blwyddyn 1”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 6;
“year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 7;
“year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 8;
“year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 9;
“year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 10;
“year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 11;
“year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 12;
“year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 13;
“year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 14;
“year 10” (“blwyddyn 10”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 15;
“year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 16;
“year 12” (“blwyddyn 12”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 17;
“year 13” (“blwyddyn 13”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 18;
“year group” (“grŵp blwyddyn”) means a group of children or pupils at a setting the majority of whom will, in a particular academic year, attain the same age.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/652/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/curriculum-and-assessment-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2022/article-1
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