Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Infant Class Sizes) (Modification) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1.

Any reference in these Regulations to a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, shall be construed in accordance with the 1996 Act.