Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1993 Act” means the Education Act 1993;

• “funding authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 of the 1993 Act;

• “grant-maintained special school” means a special school conducted by a governing body incorporated in pursuance of proposals for the purpose—

  1. (a)

     made by the funding authority under section 183 of the 1993 Act, or

  2. (b)

     made by a governing body under section 186 of the 1993 Act;

• “maintained special school” means a special school maintained by a local education authority;

• “non-maintained school” means a school which is not maintained by a local education authority and is not a grant-maintained school or a grant-maintained special school;

• “non-maintained special school” means a non-maintained school which has been approved as a special school under section 188 of the 1993 Act (including approval treated as given under subsection (3) of that section);

• “proprietor” means the person or body of persons responsible for the management of a school;

• “registered pupil” means a pupil registered as such in the register kept in accordance with section 80 of the Education Act 1944^f1;

• “school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 14(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f2;

• “special school” means a school which is specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs (within the meaning of section 156 of the 1993 Act) and which is for the time being approved by the Secretary of State under section 188 of the 1993 Act, including approval treated as given under subsection (3) of that section.

Except where the context otherwise requires, any references in these Regulations to a regulation or Schedule is a reference to a regulation contained therin or to the Schedule thereto, any reference to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of the regulation or Schedule in which the reference is made, and any reference to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of the paragraph in which the reference is made.