Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• F1“the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Education Act 1996;

• “annual review” (“adolygiad blynyddol”) means a review of a child’s statement of special educational needs carried out within 12 months of making the statement or the previous review under section 328(5)(b) of the Act;

• “assessment” (“asesiad”) means an assessment of a child’s educational needs under section 323 of the Act;

• F2“authority” means a local authority;

• “Careers Service” (“Gwasanaeth Gyrfaoedd”) means a body (whether or not having a distinct legal personality) established to provide careers services under sections 8 to 10 of the Employment and Training Act 1973^f1;

• “early education provider” (“darparydd addysg gynnar”) means a provider of relevant nursery education except that it shall not include an authority in respect of a maintained nursery school;

• “head of SEN” (“pennaeth AAA”) means the person responsible for co-ordinating the day to day provision of education for pupils with special educational needs;

• “head teacher” (“pennaeth”) includes any person to whom the duties or functions of a head teacher under these Regulations have been delegated by the head teacher in accordance with regulation 3;

• “health authority” (“awdurdod iechyd”) has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 1977 ^f2;

• “the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

• “parent partnership services” (“gwasanaethau partneriaeth rhieni”) means the arrangements made by an authority under section 332A of the Act for the provision of advice and information about matters relating to special educational needs to parents of children with special educational needs;

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• F4“social worker” means a person employed or engaged by the authority as a social worker;

• “statement” (“datganiad”) means a statement of a child’s special educational needs made under section 324 of the Act;

• “target” (“targed”) means the knowledge, skills and understanding which a child is expected to have by the end of a particular period;

• “tenth year of compulsory education” (“degfed flwyddyn o addysg orfodol”) means the ninth school year after the school year in which a child reaches compulsory school age;

• “transition plan” (“cynllun trosiannol”) means a document which sets out the appropriate arrangements for a young person during the period beginning with the commencement of the tenth year of compulsory education and ending when aged 19 years, including arrangements for special educational provision and for any other necessary provision, for suitable employment and accommodation and for leisure activities, and which will facilitate a satisfactory transition from childhood to adulthood;

• “Tribunal” (“Tribiwnlys”) means the Special Educational Needs Tribunal having the jurisdiction granted to it by section 333 of the Act;

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Bank Holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f4;

• “the 1994 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1994”) means the Education (Special Educational Needs) Regulations 1994^f5.

The expressions used in these Regulations set out in the first column of the table below have the meaning given by (or, as the case may be, are to be interpreted in accordance with), the provisions referred to in the second column of that table:

In these Regulations any reference to the health authority F5... is, in relation to a particular child, a reference to the health authority ... in whose area that child lives.

Where a thing is required to be done under these Regulations—

Unless the context otherwise requires references in these Regulations—