Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “the Transition Regulations” means to Education (Transition to New Framework) (School Organisation Proposals) Regulations 1999^f1;

• “mainstream school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school; and any reference to section 28, section 29, Schedule 6, Schedule 7 or Schedule 23 is a reference to that section of, or Schedule to, the Act.

For the purposes of these Regulations except Part VI of Schedule 3, the capacity of a school shall be determined in accordance with the Schedule to the Education (Information as to Provision of Education) (England) Regulations 1999^f2.

For the purposes of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 6, in relation to mainstream schools, and these Regulations the date of publication of proposals is–