Regulation 2 Interpretation

“the Act” means the Education (No. 2) Act 1986; “further education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 41 of the Education Act 1944^f1; “further education student” means a pupil in respect of whom provision for further education is made; “higher education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 120(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988^f2; “hospital” includes a nursing home or other establishment (not being a school) for the care of persons who are sick or disabled (including pupils whose sickness or disability makes special educational provision requisite) and, in relation to such an establishment, “patient” includes any sick or disabled person cared for therein; “provision for education” shall be construed according to section 51(7) of the Act read with section 82(4) and (5) of the Education Reform Act 1988; “school pupil” means a pupil in respect of whom provision for primary or secondary education is made and includes a pupil for whom such provision is made otherwise than at a school and a pupil for whom special educational provision is made; “special educational provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Education Act 1981^f3;

references to the place where a person is ordinarily resident are references to the address where that person is habitually and normally resident apart from temporary or occasional absences; and

references to the person responsible for a pupil are to the parent or other person in England or Wales with whom the pupil ordinarily resides (or, when there is no such person, who has care of him) when he is not attending school or in hospital.