Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the Education (Grants and Awards) Act 1984;

• “approved expenditure” means any expenditure which is approved as provided in regulation 3;

• “children” includes any person who has not attained the age of 19 years;

• “education authority” means a local education authority;

• “further education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 41 of the Education Act 1944^f1;

• “grant” means a grant in pursuance of these Regulations;

• “higher education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 120(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988^f2;

• “institution of further or higher education” means an institution providing further education or higher education or both and either —

  1. (a)

     maintained by an education authority; or

  2. (b)

     designated by or under regulations^f3for the time being in force under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988 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^f4;

• “prescribed expenditure” means expenditure by an education authority for or in connection with any of the purposes specified in the Schedule hereto;

• “primary education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8(1)(a) of the Education Act 1944^f5, and “school” and “secondary school” have the meanings assigned to them by section 114 of that Act;

• “racial group” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976^f6.

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation contained therein and a reference in a regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation.