{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learner-travel-wales-measure-2008/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learner-travel-wales-measure-2008/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2008/2",
  "legislation_title": "Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learner-travel-wales-measure-2008",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Main terms used in this Measure",
  "text": "(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Measure.\n(2) “Travel arrangements” are travel arrangements of any description and include—\n(a) the provision of transport;\n(b) the provision of one or more persons to escort a child when travelling;\n(c) the payment of the whole or any part of a person's reasonable travelling expenses;\n(d) the payment of allowances in respect of the use of particular modes of travel.\n(3) “Learners” means persons who receive education or training.\n(4) The following are “relevant places”—\n(a) maintained schools;\n(b) institutions in the further education sector;\n(c) independent schools named in statements maintained under section 324 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) individual development plans maintained under section 14 or 19 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 ;\n(d) non-maintained special schools;\n(e) pupil referral units;\n(f) places other than pupil referral units where education is arranged under section 19A(1) of the Education Act 1996;\n(g) places where education or training funded by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research or the Welsh Ministers under section 97 or 103 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 is provided;\n(h) institutions where education and training and boarding accommodation have been secured by the Welsh Ministers under section 41 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 independent special post-16 institutions within the meaning given by section 56 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 which are named in individual development plans maintained under section 14 or 19 of that Act;\n(i) places where nursery education is provided—\n(i) by a local authority, or\n(ii) by any other person who is in receipt of financial assistance given by a local authority under arrangements made by them in pursuance of the duty imposed by section 118 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31);\n(j) places where work experience is undertaken.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(4)(c) substituted (1.9.2021 for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 for specified purposes) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 14(2)(a); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3 (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3 (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3, 4 (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2022/891, art. 3 (with arts. 4-25); S.I. 2022/892, arts. 2, 3 (with arts. 4-18); S.I. 2022/893, arts. 2, 4; S.I. 2022/894, art. 3; S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2022/896, art. 3 (with arts. 1(7), 4-22); S.I. 2022/897, art. 3 (with arts. 1(8), 4-21); S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 1(4)(f) substituted (1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2023 for specified purposes, 1.9.2024 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 for specified purposes, 1.9.2026 in so far as not already in force) by The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/744), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(4)(g) substituted (1.4.2026) by Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1), s. 148(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(2) (with s. 19); W.S.I. 2026/62, art. 2(ww)(xli) (with arts. 13, 15(1), Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(4)(g) inserted (1.4.2026) by The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/72), regs. 1(2), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 1(4)(h) substituted (1.9.2021 for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 for specified purposes) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 14(2)(b); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3 (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3 (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3, 4 (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2022/891, art. 3 (with arts. 4-25); S.I. 2022/892, arts. 2, 3 (with arts. 4-18); S.I. 2022/893, arts. 2, 4; S.I. 2022/894, art. 3; S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2022/896, art. 3 (with arts. 1(7), 4-22); S.I. 2022/897, art. 3 (with arts. 1(8), 4-21); S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1(1)-(3)(4)(a)-(i) in force at 6.3.2009 by S.I. 2009/371, Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 1(4)(j) in force for specified purposes at 30.10.2009 by S.I. 2009/371, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 1(4)(j) in force for specified purposes at 30.10.2009 by S.I. 2009/2819, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "mwa/2008/2",
      "affecting_title": "Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2008/2/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:52.231433+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."
}