{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-education-authority-behaviour-support-plans-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-education-authority-behaviour-support-plans-regulations-1998/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/644",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Education Authority (Behaviour Support Plans) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-education-authority-behaviour-support-plans-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“appropriate diocesan authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a local education authority in England—\n(i) the Diocesan Board of Education for every diocese of the Church of England, and\n(ii) the bishop of every diocese of the Roman Catholic Church,\nany part of the area of which (in each case) lies within the authority’s area; and\n(b) in relation to a local education authority in Wales—\n(i) the Diocesan Board of Finance or other person designated by the Secretary of State under section 311(1) of the Education Act 1996 (as the case may be) for every diocese of the Church of Wales, and\n(ii) the bishop of every diocese of the Roman Catholic Church,\nany part of the area of which (in each case) lies within the authority’s area;\n“authority” means a local education authority;\n“careers service organisation” means a person (other than a local authority) who provides services in pursuance of arrangements made under section 10(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973;\n“Chief Inspector”—\n(a) in relation to an authority in England, means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England, and\n(b) in relation to an authority in Wales, means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales;\n“Chief Officer of Police”—\n(a) in relation to a London Borough, means the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,\n(b) in relation to the Common Council for the City of London, means the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, and\n(c) in relation to every other local education authority, means every Chief Constable any part of whose police area lies within the area of the authority;\n“plan”, in relation to an authority, means the statement which the authority are required to prepare by virtue of section 527A(1); and, except in regulation 5(1) to (3), any reference to a plan includes a revised plan;\n“relevant school” has the meaning specified in section 527A(7);\n“section 527A” means section 527A of the Education Act 1996; and\n“Training and Enterprise Council” means a company limited by guarantee formed for the purpose of entering into, and with whom the Secretary of State has entered into, arrangements under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain or retain employment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 50. Section 10 was substituted by section 45 of the Trade Union and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 50. Section 2 was substituted by section 25 of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19). The substituted section 2 was amended by Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev (W) (1.1.2002)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/3710",
      "affecting_title": "The Learning and Skills Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Schools) (Wales) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/828",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authority (Behaviour Support) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/644/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:13.761057+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."
}