{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-discipline-pupil-exclusions-and-reviews-england-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-discipline-pupil-exclusions-and-reviews-england-regulations-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1033",
  "legislation_title": "The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-discipline-pupil-exclusions-and-reviews-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Education Act 2002;\n“Academy” means an Academy school or an alternative provision Academy;\n...\n“extraordinary events or unforeseen circumstances” means extraordinary events or unforeseen circumstances arising after a meeting has been agreed to take place in person;\n“home local authority” means the local authority responsible for the area in which the pupil resides where this differs from the local authority in which the pupil's school is located;\n“National Curriculum test” means any test specified in, or by virtue of, an order under section 87(3)(c) of the Act;\n“principal” means the head teacher of an Academy;\n“reference date” means 31st December, Easter Monday or 31st July;\n...\n“relevant person” means—\n(a)in relation to a pupil under the age of 18, a parent of the pupil; or\n(b)in relation to a pupil who has attained that age, the pupil;\n“remote access” means access to a meeting to enable those who are not all present together at the same place to attend and participate simultaneously by electronic means, including by live audio and live video link;\n“remote meeting request” means a request by a relevant person for a meeting to be held using remote access;\n“review” means a review of a decision not to reinstate a pupil;\n“review panel” means a review panel constituted in accordance with Schedule 1;\n“SEN expert” means an individual who—\n(a)has expertise and experience of special educational needs considered by the local authority (or, in relation to an Academy, the proprietor ) as appropriate to perform the functions specified in paragraph 18 of Schedule 1; and\n(b)is not disqualified from appointment under paragraph 3(7) of Schedule 1;\n“social worker” means a registered social worker within the meaning of regulations 2(5) and (6) of the Social Workers Regulations 2018 and a reference to a social worker in these Regulations is a reference to any social worker who is assigned to the pupil who is excluded from a maintained school, pupil referral unit or an Academy;\n“term” means—\n(a)in a school which has 3 terms or fewer in a school year , one of those terms; or\n(b)in a school which has more than 3 terms in a school year, any period which falls between 2 reference dates;\n“unit” means a pupil referral unit; ...\n“virtual school head” means a person appointed under section 22(3B) (general duty of local authority in relation to children looked after by them) of the Children Act 1989 and a reference to a virtual school head in these Regulations is to any virtual school head who has responsibility for the pupil who is excluded from a maintained school, pupil referral unit or an Academy; and\n“working day” means a 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 .\n(2) For the purpose of these Regulations, any exclusion for a fixed period consisting of the period between the morning and afternoon school sessions is taken to be half a school day.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.9.2023) by virtue of The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/571), regs. 1(1), 4(a) (with regs. 1(3), 16) (as amended by S.I. 2023/882, regs. 1(2), 4, 8 (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.9.2023) by The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/571), regs. 1(1), 4(b) (with regs. 1(3), 16) (as amended by S.I. 2023/882, regs. 1(2), 4, 8 (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.9.2023) by virtue of The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/571), regs. 1(1), 4(c) (with regs. 1(3), 16) (as amended by S.I. 2023/882, regs. 1(2), 4, 8 (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.6.2020) by The School Discipline (England) (Coronavirus) (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/543), regs. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.9.2023) by The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/571), regs. 1(1), 4(d) (with regs. 1(3), 16) (as amended by S.I. 2023/882, regs. 1(2), 4, 8 (with reg. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2022) by The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/788), regs. 1(2), 4(2) (with reg. 3(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2 omitted (1.9.2022) by virtue of The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/788), regs. 1(2), 4(3) (with reg. 3(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2022) by The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/788), regs. 1(2), 4(4) (with reg. 3(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "“Special educational needs” has the same meaning as in section 312 of the 1996 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 579(1) of the 1996 Act for the definition of “proprietor”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 579(1) of the 1996 Act for the meaning of “school year”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1033/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:23.166454+00:00"
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  "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."
}