# The Special Educational Needs Tribunal (Time Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2001, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“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;
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3982/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-tribunal-time-limits-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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