# The Nursery Education Regulations 1996, Regulation 2: Nursery education


(1) For the purposes of section 1(2)(a) of the Act there is prescribed, as the time before which education provided for a child who does not attend school is nursery education, the beginning of—
(a) the first term after he has attained the age of 5 years at county schools maintained by the local education authority in whose area he ordinarily resides; or
(b) where the same term at such schools begins on different dates, the earliest term to begin after he has attained that age at any such school.
(2) For the purposes of section 1(2)(b) of the Act in relation to education provided in the London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth and Westminster and in Norfolk only there is prescribed, as the time after which education provided for a child is nursery education, the time immediately preceding the beginning of—
(a) his first school term starting after he has attained the age of 4 years; or
(b) where he attends school and attains that age on or after the first day of the first term to begin after the end of July 1996 (but not later than the qualifying date for that term referred to in paragraph (3)), that term.
(3) (a) The qualifying date referred to in paragraph (2) for the London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth and Westminster is 31st August 1996.
(b) The qualifying date referred to in paragraph (2) for Norfolk is 9th September 1996.
(4) Where education is provided for a child otherwise than at a school, paragraph (2) shall apply as if—
(a) the references to terms were references to any continuous periods of at least 12 weeks (ignoring any interruption of 1 week or less) in which education is provided for the child and which includes any of the dates referred to in paragraph (3); and
(b) the reference in paragraph (2)(b) to his attending school were omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2086/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nursery-education-regulations-1996/regulation-2
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