# The Education (School Inspection) Regulations 1997, 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 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;
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1966/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-inspection-regulations-1997/regulation-2
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