# The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“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;
“child” (“plentyn”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;
“head teacher” (“pennaeth”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;
“maintained nursery school” (“ysgol feithrin a gynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 79(1)(b) of the 2021 Act;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 79(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;
“nursery education” (“addysg feithrin”) means education provided to children or pupils below compulsory school age—
(a) in a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, or
(b) by the provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;
“nursery year” (“blwyddyn meithrin”) means a year group in which the majority of the pupils attain the age of 4;
“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act;
“pupil referral unit” (“uned cyfeirio disgyblion”) has the meaning given to it in section 81(1) of the 2021 Act;
“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;
“reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means a year group in which the majority of the pupils attain the age of 5;
“relevant curriculum” (“cwricwlwm perthnasol”) has the meaning given to it in section 56(5) of the 2021 Act;
“setting” (“lleoliad”) means—
(a) a maintained nursery school,
(b) a maintained school,
(c) a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education,
(d) a pupil referral unit, and
(e) 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;
“year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 11;
“year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 12;
“year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 13;
“year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 14;
“year 10” (“blwyddyn 10”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 15;
“year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 16;
“year 12” (“blwyddyn 12”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 17;
“year 13” (“blwyddyn 13”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 18”; and
“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.
(2) Expressions used in these Regulations and in the 2021 Act have the same meaning as in that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/758/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/curriculum-and-assessment-wales-act-2021-consequential-amendments-secondary-legislation-no-3-regulations-2022/regulation-2
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