Regulation 2 Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;
“assessment” means an assessment of a child’s educational needs under section 323 of the Act;
“authority” means a local education authority;
“parent” has the meaning given to it by section 576 of the Act;
“statement” means a statement of a child’s special educational needs made under section 324 of the Act;
“Tribunal” means the Special Educational Needs Tribunal having the jurisdiction conferred on it by section 333 of the Act;
“working day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Bank Holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f2;

(2)

Where a thing is required to be done under these Regulations—

(a)

within a period after an action is taken, the day on which that action was taken shall not be counted in the calculation of that period, and

(b)

within a period and the last day of that period is not a working day, the period shall be extended to include the following working day.

(3)

Unless the context otherwise requires references in these Regulations—

(a)

to a section are references to a section of the Act;

(b)

to a Schedule are references to a Schedule of the Act.

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