# The Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“the 1998 Regulations” means the Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 1998;
“annual parents' meeting” means the meeting of parents which the governing body are required to hold once in every school year under section 43 of the 1998 Act;
“assessed” means assessed pursuant to orders made under section 356(2)(c) of the 1996 Act and “assessment” shall be construed accordingly;
“budget share” means the amount allocated to the governing body of a maintained school pursuant to section 47 of the 1998 Act and any regulations in force from time to time under that section or (in relation to any period before 1st April 1999) pursuant to sections 103(2)(a), 106 and 107 of the 1996 Act;
“governors' report” means the report which the governing body are required to prepare once in every year under section 42 of the 1998 Act;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;
“previous annual parents' meeting” means the last annual parents' meeting held by the governing body or (if no such meeting has previously been held under section 43 of the 1998 Act) the last annual parents' meeting held by them pursuant to the requirements included in the articles of government for the school by virtue of, as the case may be, section 162 of, paragraph 8 of Schedule 23 to, or paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 28 to, the 1996 Act.
“previous governors' report” means the last governors' report prepared by the governing body or (if no such report has previously been prepared by them under section 42(1) of the 1998 Act) the last governors' report prepared by them pursuant to the requirements included in the articles of government for the school by virtue of, as the case may be, section 161 of, paragraph 7 of Schedule 23 to, or paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 28 to, the 1996 Act;
“reporting school year” means the school year reported on in the governors' report;
“special school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 337(1) of the 1996 Act; and
“attainment targets”, “core subjects”, “GCE “A” level examinations”, “GCE “AS” examinations”, “level”, “national summary figures”, “NC tasks”, “NC tests”, “school prospectus” and “teacher assessment” have the meaning given to them by the 1998 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2157/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-governors-annual-reports-england-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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