# Education Act 2005, Section 18: Interpretation of Chapter 2

Extent: E+W

In this Chapter—
“the appropriate appointing authority”, in relation to a voluntary aided school, means—
(a)the appropriate diocesan authority, if it is a Church of England school . . . or a Roman Catholic Church school, or
(b)in any other case, the person who appoints the foundation governors;
“the appropriate authority”, in relation to a maintained school, means the school's governing body or, if the school does not have a delegated budget, the local authority;
“the Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills;
“ interim statement ” means an interim statement under section 10A;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school or a maintained nursery school;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;
“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Chapter;
“section 5 inspection” means an inspection under section 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005/section-18
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