# The Education (Grants for Nursery Education) (England) Regulations 1996, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants for Nursery Education) (England) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(2) In these Regulations—
“approved expenditure” means expenditure which is approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the payment of grant;
“financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March;
“grant” means a grant in pursuance of these Regulations;
“nursery education” means education which is provided for a child who has attained the age of four and is provided at any time preceding his first school term starting after his fifth birthday (or, if he does not attend school, before the latest time at which he might reasonably have been expected to have begun to attend school if he had attended school).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/353/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-grants-for-nursery-education-england-regulations-1996/regulation-1
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