Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the National Child Measurement Programme Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 5th January 2009.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;

• “height measure” means a stadiometer on which a person stands to be measured by means of a vertical rule and a sliding horizontal rod or paddle;

• “the National Child Measurement Programme” means the annual programme under which Primary Care Trusts weigh and measure children in schools;

• “parent” in relation to a relevant child includes any person who has parental responsibility for, or has care of, the child and, in determining whether a person has care of the child, any absence of the child at a hospital or boarding school and any other temporary absence shall be disregarded;

• “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Children Act 1989^f1;

• “process” and “processed” are to be interpreted in accordance with the meaning of “processing” in section 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998^f2;

• “reception year” means the school year in which the majority of the children are aged either 4 or 5 years;

• “relevant child” means a child in the reception year or year 6;

• “relevant health professional” means a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse;

• “scales” means an electronic device on which a person stands to be weighed;

• “school year” has the same meaning as in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996^f3; and

• “year 6” means the school year in which the majority of the children are aged either 10 or 11 years.