{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/2914",
  "legislation_title": "The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-maintained-schools-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;\n“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002;\n“school teacher” (“athro neu athrawes ysgol”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 122 of the 2002 Act;\n“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to—\n(a) the governing body or to the governing body of a school is a reference to the governing body of any maintained school to which the provision applies;\n(b) a governor is a reference to a member of a governing body of any school to which the provision applies;\n(c) the local authority is a reference to the local education authority that maintains the school.\n(3) Any reference in these Regulations to—\n(a) a numbered regulation, Part or Schedule is a reference to the regulation, Part or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations;\n(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears; and\n(c) a numbered sub-paragraph is a reference to the sub-paragraph bearing that number in the paragraph in which the reference appears.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(2)(c) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1142), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 31.10.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2914/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:05:28.791574+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."
}