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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2003/543",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-wales-regulations-2003",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Save where the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations —\n“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;\n“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“appropriate body” (“corff priodol”) means the appropriate body under regulation 4;\n“authority” (“awdurdod”) means a local education authority;\n“core subject” (“pwnc craidd”) means a subject referred to in section 354(1) of the 1996 Act;\n“the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the General Teaching Council for Wales;\n“employer” (“cyflogwr”) includes an authority, governing body or other person who engage (or make arrangements for the engagement of) a person to provide his or her services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment, and “employed” (“cyflogi”), “employment” (“cyflogaeth”) and any expressions relating to the termination of employment are to be construed accordingly;\n“England’s Induction Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Ymsefydlu Lloegr”) means regulations made from time to time under section 19 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 in relation to teachers in England;\n“foundation subject” (“pwnc sylfaen”) means a subject referred to in section 354(1) or (2) of the 1996 Act;\n“governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) in relation to a sixth form college has the same meaning as in section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;\n“graduate teacher” (“athro neu athrawes raddedig”) means a person employed in a school in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2 to the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Wales) Regulations 1999;\n“head teacher” (“pennaeth”) includes the principal of a sixth form college;\n“induction period” (“cyfnod ymsefydlu”) means an induction period required by these Regulations;\n“institution” (“sefydliad”) means a relevant school, an independent school or a sixth form college in which an induction period may be served under these Regulations, as the context requires;\n“key stage” (“cyfnod allweddol”) has the same meaning as in section 355(1) of the 1996 Act;\n“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“non-maintained special school” (“ysgol arbennig nas cynhelir”) means a special school which is neither a community special school nor a foundation special school;\n“qualified teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gymwys”) has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“registered teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gofrestredig”) means a person employed in a school in accordance with Part III of Schedule 2 to the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Wales) Regulations 1999;\n“relevant school” (“ysgol berthnasol”) has the meaning given to it by section 19 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;\n“school day” (“diwrnod ysgol”) in relation to a school means any day on which at that school there is a school session;\n“school session” (“sesiwn ysgol”) has the same meaning as in regulations 3 and 4 of the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2000;\n“school term” (“tymor ysgol”) includes a term of a sixth form college;\n“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) includes the academic year of a sixth form college;\n“sixth form college” (“coleg chweched dosbarth”) means a further education institution principally concerned with the provision of full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who have not attained the age of 19 years;\n“special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the 1996 Act;\n“supply teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gyflenwi”) means a teacher employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of supervising or teaching pupils whose regular teacher is not available to teach them; and\n“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to —\n(a) a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations;\n(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears; and\n(c) a numbered sub-paragraph is a reference to the sub-paragraph bearing that number in the paragraph in which the reference appears.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The regulations in force for England at the time of making these Regulations were the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Consolidation) (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2897) as amended by S.I 2001/3938 and S.I. 2002/2063."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2817 (W. 18) amended by S.I. 2002/2938 (W.279) and S.I 2003/140 (W.12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1988 c. 40. The Regulations currently in force under this provision are the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2187 (W.18) amended by S.I. 2002/2938 (W.279) and S.I 2003/140 (W.12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/1323 (W. 101) amended by S.I. 2001/2499 (W. 202), S.I. 2002/107 (W. 12) and S.I 2002/1556 (W. 153)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 337(1) is amended by paragraph 80 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
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