{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-at-key-stage-4-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-at-key-stage-4-regulations-1998/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2021",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-at-key-stage-4-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Education Act 1996;\n“approved qualification” means a qualification approved under section 400 of the Act;\n“the Authority” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;\n“careers adviser” has the same meaning as in section 44 of the Education Act 1997;\n“careers education” has the same meaning as in section 43 of the Education Act 1996;\n“curriculum plan” has the meaning given by regulation 3;\n“induction programme” means a programme to prepare a pupil for the curriculum to be provided by his work-related learning programme;\n“location” means the place where a pupil receives his work-related learning;\n“key skills” has the meaning given by regulation 4;\n“Key Stage 4” is to be construed in accordance with section 355(1) of the Act;\n“mentor” has the meaning given by Regulation 8;\n“parent” has the meaning given by section 576 of the Act;\n“school”, in relation to any pupil, means the school at which he is registered under section 434 of the Act; and\n“work-related learning programme” has the meaning given by regulation 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The current list of approved qualifications is contained in Department for Education and Employment circular number 3/98, which is available from the Publications Centre (telephone 0845 6022260), or on the Internet at http:/www.open.gov.uk/dfee/publicdb/index/htm."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2021/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."
}