# The Pupil Information (Wales) Regulations 2011, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002;
“the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;
“foundation phase” (“cyfnod sylfaen”) is to be construed in accordance with section 102 of the 2002 Act;
“LA number” (“rhif ALl”) is a combination of numbers allocated to a local authority which is particular to that authority, determined by the Welsh Ministers;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital) and, unless the context otherwise requires, a nursery school maintained by a local authority or a pupil referral unit;
“responsible person” (“person cyfrifol”) means—
(a)the head teacher or proprietor of an independent school;
(b)the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;
(c)the governing body of any other school; or
(d)the person responsible for the conduct of any institution of further education or other place of education or training to which a pupil transfers or may transfer;
“result” (“canlyniad”) in relation to any assessment under the statutory assessments means the result of the assessment as determined and recorded in accordance with those arrangements;
“school number” (“rhif ysgol”) is a combination of numbers allocated to a school which is particular to that school, determined by the Welsh Ministers;
“statutory assessments” (“asesiadau statudol”) means such assessment arrangements as are specified by the Welsh Ministers in regulations made under section 56 of the 2021 Act;
“unique learner number” (“rhif unigryw dysgwr”), in relation to a registered pupil at a school, means the specific combination of numbers allocated to the pupil by the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency as that pupil’s unique learner number; and
“unique pupil number” (“rhif unigryw disgybl”) means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to that pupil, by use of a formula determined by the Welsh Ministers.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a head teacher or governing body is, in relation to a pupil referral unit, a reference to the teacher in charge of the pupil referral unit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/1942/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pupil-information-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-2
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