{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-consolidation-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-consolidation-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3346",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-special-educational-needs-england-consolidation-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions in the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In the definition of “early education provider” in regulation 2(1) for “relevant nursery education” substitute “relevant early years education”.\n(2) After the definition of “head teacher” in regulation 2(1), insert the following definitions—\n“ “infant school” means a primary school for the purpose of providing education for children who are of compulsory school age but have not attained the age of eight even though it may also provide education for children below compulsory school age;\n“junior school” means a primary school for the purpose of providing education for children who are of compulsory school age who have attained the age of eight;\n“maintained special school” means a community or foundation special school;”\n(3) After the word “Needs” in the definition of “Tribunal” in regulation 2(1) insert “and Disability”.\n(4) In the entry in the second column of the table relating to the definition of “qualified teacher” in regulation 2(2) for “section 218 Education Reform Act 1988” substitute “section 132(1) of the Education Act 2002”.\n(5) For the definition “relevant nursery education” in the first column of the table in regulation 2(2) substitute “relevant early years education” and for “section 509A(5) of the Act” in the entry in the second column of that table substitute “section 509A(5)(a) of the Act”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 32, there are no amendments to section 132 applicable to England."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 509A of the Act is amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the Childcare Act 2006 (2006 c. 21) which is not yet in force. Regulation 20 makes provision pending the coming into force of that paragraph."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3346/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:12:10.908458+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."
}