# The School Admissions (Common Offer Date) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
"the SSFA 1998" ("DSFfY 1998") means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
"admission year" ("blwyddyn dderbyn") in relation to the admission of pupils to a relevant age group at schools during a particular academic year means that academic year;
"composite prospectus" ("prosbectws cyfansawdd") means the composite prospectus that a local authority is required to publish under regulation 4 of the School Information (Wales) Regulations 2011 containing the information set out in Schedule 2 to those regulations and in the School Admissions Code.
"offer date" ("dyddiad cynnig") means the date prescribed by regulations 3 and 4 when parents receive notice of the place their child has been allocated at a primary or secondary school;
"offer year" ("blwyddyn gynnig") means the academic year immediately preceding the admission year;
"School Admissions Code" ("Cod Derbyniadau Ysgol") means any code for school admissions under section 84 of the SSFA 1998;
"working day" ("diwrnod gwaith") means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is made in the course of a normal admissions round if —
(a) it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group; and
(b) it is not a late application or an in-year application.
(3) For the purpose of these Regulations an application is a late application if—
(a) it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group;
(b) it is submitted before the first day of the admission year;
(c) it is submitted after the date set out in the composite prospectus for the receipt of applications for admission to maintained schools; and
(d) a decision relating to the application is not made by an admission authority on or before the offer date.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is an in-year application if—
(a) it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group and is submitted on or after the first day of the admission year; or
(b) it is for the admission of a child to an age group other than a relevant age group.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/1144/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-common-offer-date-wales-regulations-2013/article-2
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