# The Education (School Inspection) (No. 2) Regulations 1993, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;
“school year” means the period of twelve months commencing on 1st August;
“the 1992 Act” means the Education (Schools) Act 1992;
“working day” means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a bank holiday or part of a holiday longer than a week taken by a school under inspection; and
any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority shall have the same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act 1989.
(2) Where these Regulations require an act to be done within a specified period from a specified date the period begins immediately after that date.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in a regulation of these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which the reference appears.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1986/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-inspection-no-2-regulations-1993/regulation-2
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