# The Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (Wales) 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 Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;
“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;
“budget share” means the amount allocated to the governing body by virtue of section 47 of the 1998 Act or (in relation to any period before 1st April 1999) by virtue of section 103(2)(a) of the 1996 Act;
“governors' report” means the report which the governing body are required to prepare once in every year under section 42(1) of the 1988 Act;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school (within the meaning of the 1998 Act);
“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 1988 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 section 162 of, or paragraph 8 of Schedule 23 to, the 1996 Act; and
“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 section 161 of, or paragraph 7 of Schedule 23 to, the 1996 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1406/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-governors-annual-reports-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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