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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1066",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Information as to Provision of Education) (England) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations–\n“capacity” means capacity calculated in accordance with Schedule 2;\n“relevant areas of the school premises” means those areas to which a pupil would ordinarily have access other than washroom facilities;\n“school year” means a period of twelve months beginning on 1st September unless the school has a term beginning in August, in which case it means a period of 12 months beginning on 1st August;\n“surplus places” means the number of places, if any, by which the number equal to the capacity of the school exceeds the total number of registered pupils at the school;\n“teaching accommodation” means accommodation provided for teaching purposes; and\n“washroom facilities” means a room containing a water closet and washbasin which are suitable for use by a pupil in a wheelchair.\n(2) In relation to any period before 1st September 1999 any reference in Schedule 1 to a community, foundation or voluntary school maintained by a local education authority shall be construed as a reference to a county or voluntary school maintained by that authority or a grant-maintained school which that authority are required to maintain by virtue of regulation 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Modification) Regulations 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/2670."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/346",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Information as to Provision of Education) (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1033",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Information as to Provision of Education)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1033",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Information as to Provision of Education)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1066/regulation/2",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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