# The Education (School Organisation Committees) (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“authority” in relation to a committee or the establishment of a committee means the local education authority for the area for which the committee has been, or is to be, established;
“category” of school shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;
“committee” means a school organisation committee;
“group” of members shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3;
“middle school” shall not include a middle school (within the meaning of section 5(3) of the Education Act 1996) which provides education suitable to the requirements of pupils immediately before they cease to be of compulsory school age or immediately after they begin to be of compulsory school age;
“relevant school” in relation to an authority means any school which–
(a) falls within any of the categories referred to in regulation 4, and
(b) except in regulations 6(4)(d) and 11(6) and paragraph 4 of the Schedule, is maintained by the authority;
“schools group” means the group of members of the committee appointed under sub-paragraph (e) of regulation 5(1);
“secretary” means the secretary of a committee appointed under regulation 9;
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations a primary school or a secondary school shall not include a middle school within the meaning of paragraph (1) above, despite any regulations under section 5(4) of the Education Act 1996.
(3) Until 1st September 1999–
(a) references in these Regulations to foundation or foundation special schools shall be read as references to grant-maintained or grant-maintained special schools;
(b) references in these Regulations to schools maintained by the authority shall include grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools which the authority are required to maintain by virtue of regulation 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Modification) Regulations 1998.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/700/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-organisation-committees-england-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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