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  "text": "(1) In these Articles—\n“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;\n“approved admission number” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 149 of the 1993 Act;\n“the Clerk to the Governing Body” means the person appointed by the Governing Body in accordance with the instrument of government to be the clerk to the Governing Body;\n“funding authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) of the 1993 Act;\n“the Governing Body” means the governing body of any grant-maintained school to which these Articles apply by virtue of sections 56(1) and (3) of the 1993Act;\n“the Head Teacher” means the person appointed to be the head teacher or acting head teacher of the School;\n“relevant age group” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 155(4) of the 1993 Act;\n“registered”, in relation to parents or pupils, means shown in the register kept under section 80 of the Education Act 1944; and\n“the School” means the school conducted by the Governing Body; and\n“school holidays” includes any school holidays which are not less than five days in length and which take place during the course of a school term.\n(2) In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, “parent”, in relation to a pupil at the School, includes any person —\n(a) who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him, or\n(b) who has care of him,\nexcept for the purposes of Article 14, where it only includes such a person if he is an individual.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above—\n(a) “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989; and\n(b) in determining whether an individual has care of a pupil, any absence of the pupil at a hospital or boarding school and any other temporary absences shall be disregarded.",
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      "text": "1988 c. 40."
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      "text": "1944 c. 31; section 80 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)."
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