{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-exclusions-and-appeals-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3178",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Pupil Exclusions and Appeals) (Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-exclusions-and-appeals-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002;\n“the relevant person” means—\n(a) in relation to a pupil under the age of 18, a parent of his;\n(b) in relation to a pupil who has attained that age, the pupil himself.\n(2) Any exclusion for a fixed period consisting of the period between the morning and afternoon school sessions shall for the purposes of these Regulations be taken as equivalent to half a school day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3178/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:18.902082+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."
}