{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-regulations-1994/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2112",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st September 1994.\n(2) Regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations apply only in relation to pupils at maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools (other than those established in hospitals) in England.\n(3) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“class” in relation to a particular pupil and a particular subject means any teaching group in which the pupil is regularly taught that subject;\n“foundation subject” has the meaning given to that expression by section 25(1) of the Act;\n“GCSE” means General Certificate of Secondary Education;\n“maintained school” has the meaning given to that expression by section 25(1) of the Act;\n“school year” has the meaning given to that expression in section 3(6) of the Act;\na reference to the provisions of the National Curriculum in a foundation subject is a reference to such attainment targets, programmes of study and assessment arrangements as are specified for the time being for the subject under section 4(2) to the Act; and\na reference to the fourth key stage is to the period set out in paragraph (d) of section 3(3) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 3(6) was amended by section 240(3) of the Education Act 1993."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2112/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:27:42.643818+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}