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^f1;
“school year” means the period of twelve months commencing on 1st August;
“the 1996 Act” means the School Inspections Act 1996;
“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 the school in question; 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^f2;

(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)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a)

to the Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b)

to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

(c)

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number.

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