{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-wales-measure-2009/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-wales-measure-2009/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-wales-measure-2009",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Learning pathways: interpretation",
  "text": "In this section and section 43—\n“institution” (“sefydliad”) means an institution within the further education sector in Wales, and, in relation to a relevant student, means the institution whose governing body is responsible for providing, or arranging for the provision of, all or the majority of his or her education;\n“institution within the further education sector” (“sefydliad yn y sector addysg bellach”) has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);\n“local authority in Wales” (“ awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru ”) has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996;\n“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means—\n(a)any community, foundation or voluntary school maintained by a local authority in Wales, or\n(b)any community ... special school which is maintained by a local authority in Wales and is not established in a hospital,\nand, in relation to a relevant pupil, means the maintained school of which he or she is a registered pupil;\n“principal” (“pennaeth sefydliad”) means the principal or other head of an institution;\n“registered pupil” (“disgybl cofrestredig”) has the same meaning as in section 434 of the Education Act 1996;\n“relevant pupil” (“disgybl perthnasol”) means a registered pupil of a maintained school; and\n“relevant student” (“myfyriwr perthnasol”) means a person who—\n(a)receives the majority of his or her education at, or under arrangements made by the governing body of, an institution; and\n(b)has not attained the age of nineteen or such later age as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 44 inserted (5.5.2010) by Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1148), arts. 1, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Measure substituted (5.5.2010) by Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1148), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 44 omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 26(2); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 7.12.2009 by S.I. 2009/3174, art. 2(1)(o)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2009/1/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:51.386854+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."
}