{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-records-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-records-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/11",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Pupil Records) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-records-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“assessment” includes an examination or a test;\n“entitled person” means—\n(a) in relation to a pupil in a primary school or a nursery school, a parent of the pupil;\n(b) in relation to a pupil in a secondary school, the pupil himself or his parent;\n(c) in relation to a pupil in a special school who is aged under 11, a parent of the pupil;\n(d) in relation to a pupil in a special school who is aged 11 or over, the pupil himself or his parent;\n“formative record of progress and achievement” means a formal record of a pupil’s academic achievements, his other skills, talents and achievements and his educational progress;\n“harm” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“key stage” in relation to a pupil has the meaning given by Article 5(6) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;\n“responsible person” means—\n(a) the principal or proprietor of an independent school, or\n(b) the principal or the Board of Governors of any other school,\nto which a pupil transfers or may transfer;\n“school” means, subject to regulation 5, a grant-aided school;\n“school day” means a day on which a school is open for teaching purposes;\n“teacher” includes the principal; and\n“the 1989 Order” means the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 19.2.1998, see reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/775 (N.I. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20); Article 5(6) was amended by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1) Article 34"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2001/236",
      "affecting_title": "Education (Pupil Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2001/236",
      "affecting_title": "Education (Pupil Records) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/11/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:25:39.763267+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."
}