Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Education Act 2002;

• “academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means the period from 1 September in one year to 31 August in the next year, except that where the first term of a recognised educational institution begins before 1 September, the academic year is the period beginning at the start of that term and ending immediately before the start of the first such term in the following year;

• “education maintenance allowance” (“Lwfans Cynhaliaeth Addysg”) (EMA) has the meaning given in regulations 5(1) to 5(4);

• “eligible education course ” (“cwrs addysg cymwys”) means a course described in regulation 4;

• “eligible person” (“person cymwys”) has the meaning given in regulations 3(1) to 3(4).

• “household income” (“incwm aelwyd”) means income as defined and calculated for the purposes of child tax credit in the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002^f1 as amended from time to time;

• “Learning Agreement Part 1” (“Cytundeb Dysgu Rhan 1”) means a signed contract between an eligible person and his or her recognised educational institution setting out respective responsibilities governing his or her attendance and the payment of weekly awards as described in regulations 5(2) and 5(3);

• “Learning Agreement Part 2” (“Cytundeb Dysgu Rhan 2”) means a signed contract between an eligible person and his or her recognised educational institution setting out the objectives an eligible person must achieve to qualify for an intermittent bonus as described in regulation 8;

• “learning goals” (“cyrchnodau dysgu”) means objectives agreed between an eligible person and the recognised educational institution he or she is attending which relate to the eligible person’s educational progress;

• “learning session” (“sesiwn dysgu”) means a period for which a recognised educational institution monitors and reports attendance;

• “recognised educational institution” (“sefydliad addysgol cydnabyddedig”) means—

  1. (a)

     a school in Wales maintained by a local authority,

  2. (b)

     an independent school in Wales registered under Part 10 of the Education Act 2002,

  3. (c)

     an institution in Wales within the further education sector or

  4. (d)

     any other educational institution in Wales which the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;