# Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009, Section 44: Learning pathways: interpretation

Extent: E+W

In this section and section 43—
“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;
“institution within the further education sector” (“sefydliad yn y sector addysg bellach”) has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
“local authority in Wales” (“ awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru ”) has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means—
(a)any community, foundation or voluntary school maintained by a local authority in Wales, or
(b)any community ... special school which is maintained by a local authority in Wales and is not established in a hospital,
and, in relation to a relevant pupil, means the maintained school of which he or she is a registered pupil;
“principal” (“pennaeth sefydliad”) means the principal or other head of an institution;
“registered pupil” (“disgybl cofrestredig”) has the same meaning as in section 434 of the Education Act 1996;
“relevant pupil” (“disgybl perthnasol”) means a registered pupil of a maintained school; and
“relevant student” (“myfyriwr perthnasol”) means a person who—
(a)receives the majority of his or her education at, or under arrangements made by the governing body of, an institution; and
(b)has not attained the age of nineteen or such later age as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2009/1/section/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/learning-and-skills-wales-measure-2009/section-44
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