{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/555",
  "legislation_title": "The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“collection year” means—\n(a)the period of twelve months beginning with 1st January 2024, or\n(b)any subsequent period of twelve months beginning with 1st January;\n“early years provision” has the meaning given in section 20 of the Childcare Act 2006;\n“mainstream school” means—\n(a)a maintained school that is not a special school, or\n(b)an Academy school that is not a special school;\n“maintained school” means—\n(a)a community school, foundation school or voluntary school, or\n(b)a community special school or foundation special school;\n“pupil planning area” means a grouping of schools within the area of a local authority which is used by that local authority for the purpose of assessing current and future demand for school places;\n“resourced provision” means a unit in a mainstream school which is recognised by the local authority in whose area the school is located as specially organised for pupils with special educational needs who are to be taught mainly outside that unit;\n“special educational needs” has the meaning given in section 20(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014;\n“special educational needs unit” means a unit in a mainstream school which is recognised by the local authority in whose area the school is located as specially organised for pupils with special educational needs who are to be taught mainly inside that unit;\n“special school” has the meaning given in section 337 of the Education Act 1996.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 substituted (30.11.2023) by The Information as to Provision of Education (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1186), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/555/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:45.518787+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."
}