{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-establishment-and-discontinuance-of-schools-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-establishment-and-discontinuance-of-schools-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3109",
  "legislation_title": "The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-establishment-and-discontinuance-of-schools-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Education and Inspections Act 2006;\n“EA 1996” means the Education Act 1996;\n“EA 2002” means the Education Act 2002;\n“alternative provision school” means a pupil referral unit or an alternative provision Academy;\n...\n...\n“discontinuance proposals” means proposals published under section 15 by a local authority or by a governing body to discontinue a school;\n...\n“mainstream school” means a community school, foundation school, voluntary school, or an Academy school which meets the requirements of section 1A(1) of the Academies Act 2010;\n“notice” means a notice under section 7 of the Act;\n“representation period” means the period in which objections or comments must be sent as set out in regulation 13(1);\n“revocation proposals” means proposals published under paragraph 21(4) of Schedule 2 to the Act;\n“sixth form education” means full-time secondary education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age;\n...\n“special school” means a community special or a foundation special school , or an Academy school which meets the requirements of section 1A(2) of the Academies Act 2010; and\n“SSFA 1998” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.\n(2) In these Regulations, any reference to sections 7, 10, 11, 12 and 15 is a reference to that section of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2026) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/528), regs. 1(2), 3(a) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.9.2026) by virtue of The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/528), regs. 1(2), 3(b)(i) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.9.2026) by virtue of The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/528), regs. 1(2), 3(b)(ii) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.9.2026) by virtue of The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/528), regs. 1(2), 3(b)(iii) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2026) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/528), regs. 1(2), 3(c) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of The Special Educational Needs (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2103), arts. 1, 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2026) by The School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/528), regs. 1(2), 3(d) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 28.1.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "For the meaning of “compulsory school age” see section 8 of the Education Act 1996."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 12 was amended by section 37 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Education Act 2011, and S.I. 2010/1080. Section 15 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3109/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:37.872248+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."
}