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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-exclusions-from-schools-prescribed-periods-regulations-1994/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-exclusions-from-schools-prescribed-periods-regulations-1994/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2093",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Exclusions from Schools) (Prescribed Periods) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-exclusions-from-schools-prescribed-periods-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Education (No. 2) Act 1986 and references to sections are to sections of the Act;\n“authority” means a local education authority; and\n“school day” has the meaning assigned to it in section 65(1) of the Act.\n(2) (a) In Schedule 1 to these Regulations “governing body” means a governing body to which section 24 applies (the governing body of a county, controlled or maintained special school); and\n(b) in Schedule 2 to these Regulations “governing body” means a governing body to which section 25 applies (the governing body of an aided or special agreement school).\n(3) Where a thing is required to be done under these Regulations within a period after a step is taken, the day on which that step was taken shall not be counted in the calculation of that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2093/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:27:53.161255+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."
}