# The Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1993, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


(1) In these Articles—
“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;
“the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;
“approved admission number” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 149 of the 1993 Act;
“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;
“funding authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) of the 1993 Act;
“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;
“the Head Teacher” means the person appointed to be the head teacher or acting head teacher of the School;
“relevant age group” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 155(4) of the 1993 Act;
“registered”, in relation to parents or pupils, means shown in the register kept under section 80 of the Education Act 1944; and
“the School” means the school conducted by the Governing Body; and
“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.
(2) In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, “parent”, in relation to a pupil at the School, includes any person —
(a) who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him, or
(b) who has care of him,
except for the purposes of Article 14, where it only includes such a person if he is an individual.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above—
(a) “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989; and
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3102/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-grant-maintained-schools-initial-governing-instruments-regulations-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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