# The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) Save where the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations —
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“appropriate body” (“corff priodol”) means the appropriate body under regulation 4;
“authority” (“awdurdod”) means a local education authority;
“core subject” (“pwnc craidd”) means a subject referred to in section 354(1) of the 1996 Act;
“the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the General Teaching Council for Wales;
“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;
“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;
“foundation subject” (“pwnc sylfaen”) means a subject referred to in section 354(1) or (2) of the 1996 Act;
“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;
“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;
“head teacher” (“pennaeth”) includes the principal of a sixth form college;
“induction period” (“cyfnod ymsefydlu”) means an induction period required by these Regulations;
“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;
“key stage” (“cyfnod allweddol”) has the same meaning as in section 355(1) of the 1996 Act;
“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
“non-maintained special school” (“ysgol arbennig nas cynhelir”) means a special school which is neither a community special school nor a foundation special school;
“qualified teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gymwys”) has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
“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;
“relevant school” (“ysgol berthnasol”) has the meaning given to it by section 19 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;
“school day” (“diwrnod ysgol”) in relation to a school means any day on which at that school there is a school session;
“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;
“school term” (“tymor ysgol”) includes a term of a sixth form college;
“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) includes the academic year of a sixth form college;
“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;
“special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the 1996 Act;
“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
“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.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to —
(a) a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations;
(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears; and
(c) a numbered sub-paragraph is a reference to the sub-paragraph bearing that number in the paragraph in which the reference appears.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/543/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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