Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Education (Grants and Awards) Act 1984;

• “approved expenditure” means any expenditure which is approved as provided in regulation 3;

• “determine” means determine by notice in writing;

• “education authority” means a local education authority in Wales;

• “grant” means a grant in pursuance of these Regulations;

• “leisure time facilities” means facilities of a kind which education authorities are under the duty imposed by sections 41(3)(b) and 53(1) of the Education Act 1944^f1 to secure are provided within their areas;

• “maintained school” means a school maintained by an education authority;

• “member of the Inspectorate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 204(2) of the Education Act 1993;

• “mentor” means an experienced head teacher giving advice and assistance to support the professional development of an inexperienced head teacher;

• “named person” means a person whom the education authority are satisfied is able (having regard to any criteria set out in the Code of Practice issued by the Secretary of State under section 157 of the Education Act 1993^f2) to provide accurate information and sound advice to a parent about his child’s special educational needs, and is agreeable to being named as a person from whom the parent may seek such information and advice when the education authority serve a copy of the child’s statement of special educational needs on the parent pursuant to paragraph 6 of Schedule 10 to the said 1993 Act;

• “NC tasks” has the meaning assigned to it in the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 2) (Wales) Order 1995^f3 and the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 3) (Wales) Order 1995^f4;

• “prescribed expenditure” means expenditure by an education authority for or in connection with any of the purposes specified in the Schedule hereto;

• “pupil” and “school” have the meanings assigned to them by section 114 of the Education Act 1944^f5;

• “qualified teacher” means a person who, by virtue of the regulations^f6 relating to the employment of teachers from time to time in force under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988^f7, is qualified to be employed as a teacher at a school of the kind described in subsection (12) of that section;

• “registered inspector” has the meaning assigned to that term by section 18(1) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992^f8;

• “special school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 182(1) of the Education Act 1993;

• “special educational needs” has the meaning assigned to it by section 156(1) of the Education Act 1993;

• “standard task assessment” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 5 of the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, Welsh, Mathematics and Science) (Key Stage 1) (Wales) Order 1995^f9;

• “youth and community worker” means a person employed in connection with leisure-time facilities, other than in a solely administrative, secretarial, clerical or manual capacity.

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation contained herein, a reference in a regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation, and a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.