# The Education (Schools and Further and Higher Education) Regulations 1989, Regulation 4: Schools and institutions to which the Regulations apply


(1) Except where the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations–
(a) a reference to a school is a reference to a school maintained by a local education authority, a special school not so maintained or a grant-maintained school;
(b) subject to paragraph (2) below, a reference to a further or higher education institution is a reference to an institution providing further education or higher education (or both) maintained by a local education authority or to one not so maintained which is designated by or under Schedule 1 as an institution substantially dependent for its maintenance on assistance from local education authorities or on grants under section 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944;
(c) a reference to a PCFC institution is a reference to an institution treated as within the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council funding sector by virtue of section 132(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
(d) a reference to an institution, without qualification, is a reference to a further or higher education institution or a PCFC institution.
(2) Part III of these Regulations does not apply to an institution in Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/351/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-schools-and-further-and-higher-education-regulations-1989/regulation-4
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