{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-performance-information-wales-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-performance-information-wales-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1470",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-performance-information-wales-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 3(1)–\n(a) for the definition of “authority” substitute\n““authority” means a local education authority;”;\n(b) in the definition of “the Document” omit “(in the case of a LEA maintained school) or in which the school is situated (in the case of any other maintained school)”;\n(c) in the definition of “independent school” omit “a grant-maintained school”;\n(d) omit the definition of “LEA maintained school”;\n(e) for the definition of “lower examinations” substitute:–\n““lower examinations” means GCSE and GCSE short course examinations, examinations leading to the award of a NVQ at level 1 or 2, examinations leading to the award of a Part 1 or full GNVQ at Foundation or Intermediate level, and examinations leading to the award of a GNVQ Language Unit;”;\n(f) for the definition of “maintained school” substitute–\n““maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school, but does not include a nursery school;”;\n(g) in the definition of “non-maintained special school” for “which is neither a LEA maintained school nor a grant-maintained special school” substitute “which is not maintained by a local education authority”;\n(h) for the definition of “previous year” substitute–\n““previous year” means the school year which immediately precedes the school year immediately preceding the publication school year;”;\n(i) for the definition of “reporting year” substitute–\n““reporting year” means the school year immediately preceding the publication school year;”;\n(j) for the definition of “special class or unit” substitute–\n““special class or unit” means a class or unit (as the case may be) so designated by the authority (in the case of a maintained school), or the proprietor (in the case of a non-maintained special school or an independent school), in which all or the majority of pupils have special educational needs;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1470/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:19.816105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}