# The Education (Lay Members of Appeal Committees) Regulations 1994, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations
“the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;
“appeal committee” means (as the case may require) an appeal committee constituted in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Education Act 1980 or in accordance with the instrument of government of a grant-maintained school for the purposes of paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 6 to the 1993 Act;
“appropriate authority” means (as the case may require):
(a) the local education authority or the governing body of an aided or special agreement school required by section 7 of the Education Act 1980 or section 26 of the Education (No.2) Act 1986 to make arrangements for enabling appeals to be made to an appeal committee; or
(b) the governing body of a grant-maintained school required by the articles of government for the school to make arrangements for appeals to an appeal committee. Duty to advertise.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1303/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-lay-members-of-appeal-committees-regulations-1994/regulation-2
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