Regulation 3 DefinitionsI1

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:—

• “Act of 1962” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

• “boarding school” means a residential school other than a residential outdoor school;

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• “class” means a group of pupils for the time being under the immediate charge of a teacher;

• “day school” means a school which has no residential pupils;

• “health board” shall have the same meaning as in section 63(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972

• F2“health board competent person” means a person designated by a health board under section 3(1) of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008;

• “Inspector” means one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors and includes any other person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 67 of the Act of 1962 to inspect educational establishments

• “residential outdoor school” means a residential centre to which pupils in attendance at school are sent for short periods of education or for periods of recuperation and education

• “school day”, in relation to a school, means a day on which the school is open for the purpose of providing school education

• “school year” means a period of 12 months commencing on 1st August of any year;

and, unless the context otherwise requires, other expressions used in these regulations which are also used in the Act of 1962 shall have the same meaning in these regulations as they have in that Act.