Regulation 2 InterpretationI1I2I3I4I5

In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;

• “assessment arrangements” (“trefniadau asesu”) means the assessment arrangements made under section 56 of the 2021 Act;

• “child” (“plentyn”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “in the area” (“yn ardal”) of a local authority has the same meaning as in section 579(3B)^f2 of the 1996 Act;

• “independent school” (“ysgol annibynnol”) has the meaning given to it in section 463 of the 1996 Act^f3;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council in Wales, and a county borough council in Wales;

• “looked after child” (“plentyn sy’n derbyn gofal”) has the same meaning as a child looked after by a local authority in section 15(1) of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018^f4;

• “maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a maintained school within the meaning of section 79(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;

• “maintained school curriculum” (“cwricwlwm ysgol a gynhelir”) means the curriculum adopted under section 11 of the 2021 Act by the head teacher and governing body of the school (and if that curriculum is revised under section 12 of the 2021 Act, means that curriculum as revised);

• “non-PRU EOTAS curriculum” (“cwricwlwm addysg ac eithrio yn yr ysgol nad yw mewn UCD”) means the curriculum provided by a local authority under section 19A of the 1996 Act for a child otherwise than at a pupil referral unit and which meets the requirements of section 53 of the 2021 Act (and if that curriculum is revised under section 54 of the 2021 Act, means that curriculum as revised);

• “parent” (“rhiant”) has the meaning given to it in section 576 of the 1996 Act;

• “pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act^f5;

• “pupil referral unit” (“uned cyfeirio disgyblion”) has the meaning given to it in section 81(1) of the 2021 Act;

• “pupil referral unit curriculum” (“cwricwlwm uned cyfeirio disgyblion”) means the curriculum for the pupil referral unit referred to in section 50 of the 2021 Act (and if that curriculum is revised under section 51 of the 2021 Act, means that curriculum as revised);

• “reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means a year group in which the majority of the pupils attain the age of 5;

• “registered pupil” (“disgybl cofrestredig”) has the same meaning as in section 434(5) of the 1996 Act^f6;

• “school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) has the same meaning as in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act^f7;

• “year 1” (“blwyddyn 1”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 6;

• “year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 7;

• “year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 8;

• “year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 9;

• “year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 10;

• “year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 11;

• “year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 12;

• “year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 13;

• “year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 14;

• “year 10” (“blwyddyn 10”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 15;

• “year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 16;

• “year group” (“grŵp blwyddyn”) means a group of children at a school the majority of whom will, in a particular school year, attain the same age.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a local authority is responsible for a child if that child is in the area of the authority.

For the purposes of these Regulations, where a child is—