Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

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

• “authority”, in relation to any school referred to in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations means the local education authority which maintains the school^f1;

• “GCE ‘A’ level examination” and “GCE ‘AS’ examination” mean General Certificate of Education advanced level examination and General Certificate of Education advanced supplementary examination respectively;

• “GCSE” means General Certificate of Secondary Education;

• “GNVQ” means General National Vocational Qualification;

• “GNVQ precursor” means any of—

  1. (a)

     the National Certificate or National Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation;

  2. (b)

     the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at national level;

  3. (c)

     the First Certificate or First Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or

  4. (d)

     the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at intermediate level;

  being qualifications approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the 1996 Act;

• “NVQ” means National Vocational Qualification;

• “permanently excluded” means a pupil who has been permanently excluded from a school on disciplinary grounds;

• “permanent exclusion date” means the date on which the name of a permanently excluded pupil is deleted from the Register;

• “post advanced level course” means a course of study being undertaken by a pupil who has completed a course leading to any of (i) a GCE ‘A’ level examination, (ii) a GCE ‘AS’ examination, (iii) a GNVQ at level 3, (iv) a GNVQ precursor at level 3 or (v) a NVQ at level 3 and is no longer studying any of those courses;

• “Register” means the register of pupils kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act and in accordance with the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995^f2; and

• “unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to him, by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Employment.