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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-local-authority-reports-and-admission-forums-england-regulations-2008/regulation-2/enacted",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3091",
  "legislation_title": "The School Admissions (Local Authority Reports and Admission Forums) (England) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-local-authority-reports-and-admission-forums-england-regulations-2008/enacted",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“SSFA 1998” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“academic year” means a period commencing with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July;\n“fair access protocol” means an arrangement made by the authority which aims to ensure that children who have no school place are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible;\n“forum” means an admission forum established in accordance with section 85A and these Regulations, and includes a joint admission forum;\n“local authority report” means a report prepared by a local education authority under section 88P;\n“looked after child” means a child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989;\n“preference” means a preference expressed in accordance with arrangements made under section 86(1) or section 86A(1)(c) or (d), as to the school at which education is to be provided for a child;\n“relevant area” in relation to a forum means the area of the local education authority that established the forum or, in the case of a joint forum, the areas of the local education authorities that established the forum;\n“the Admission Arrangements Regulations” means the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008; and\n“secretary” means the secretary of a forum appointed under regulation 12.\n(2) Save where otherwise appears, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section or Part is a reference to that section or Part of SSFA 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 86 is amended by paragraph 54 of Schedule 1 to the Education and Skills Act 2008; and section 86A is inserted by section 150 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/3089."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3091/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:33:46.886109+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."
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