# The Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“maintained special school” means a community or foundation special school;
“non-maintained special school” means a school which is not maintained by a local education authority and which has been approved as a special school under section 342 of the 1996 Act;
“registered pupil” means a pupil registered as such in the register kept in accordance with section 434 of the 1996 Act;
“relevant person” means, in relation to a non-maintained special school, the person or body of persons responsible for the management of the school.
“special school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 337 of the 1996 Act;
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a regulation or Schedule is a reference to a regulation contained therein or to the Schedule thereto, any reference to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of the regulation or Schedule in which the reference is made, and any reference to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of the paragraph in which the reference is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2257/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-non-maintained-special-schools-england-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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