# Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“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—
(a) the National Certificate or National Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation;
(b) the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at national level;
(c) the First Certificate or First Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or
(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; 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3370/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-information-about-individual-pupils-england-regulations-2000/regulation-2
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