Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Education Act 1996;

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

• “baseline assessment scheme” means a scheme designed to enable pupils at a maintained school which is a primary school to be assessed for the purpose of assisting the future planning of their education and the measurement of their future educational achievements;

• “determine” means determine by notice in writing;

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

• “financial year” means a period of twelve months ending with 31st March;

• “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 2(3)(b) and 508(1) and (2) of the Act 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 46(1) of the School Inspections Act 1996^f1;

• “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 313 of the Act) 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 27 to the Act;

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

• “pupil” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Act;

• “qualified teacher” means a person who, by virtue of the regulations^f2 relating to the employment of teachers from time to time in force under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988^f3, is qualified to be employed as a teacher at a school of the kind described in subsection (12) of that section;

• “registered inspector” means a person who is registered as an inspector in accordance with section 7(1) and (2) of the School Inspections Act 1996;

• “special educational needs” has the meaning assigned to it by section 312(1) of the Act;

• “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.