Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “aided school”, “controlled school”, “county school”, “maintained special school”, “special agreement school” and “voluntary school” have the same meanings as in the 1996 Act;

• “articles of government” has the same meaning as in the 1996 Act;

• “the First Transitional Regulations” means the Education (School Government) (Transition to New Framework) Regulations 1998^f2;

• “relevant date” means the date on or after 1st September 1999 on which the first of the head teachers of a relevant school to cease to be a head teacher of the school ceases to be such a head teacher;

• “relevant school” means–

  1. (a)

     in relation to any time before 1st September 1999, a county, voluntary or maintained special school;

  2. (b)

     in relation to any time on or after 1st September 1999, a maintained school which immediately before that date was a county, voluntary or maintained special school,

  in either case organised in two or more separate departments each with a head teacher;

• “the Second Transitional Regulations” means the Education (Transition to New Framework) (New Schools, Groups and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999^f3; and

• “section 132” means section 132 of the 1996 Act.

Expressions used in these Regulations set out in the first column of the table below have the meaning given by, or (as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions referred to in the second column of that table–