In these Regulations—

• “1992 Act” (“Deddf 1992”) means the Further and Higher Education Act 19922;

• “1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 19963;

• “1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 19984;

• “2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Learning and Skills Act 20005;

• “2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 20026;

• “compulsory school age” (“oedran ysgol gorfodol”) has the meaning given by section 8 of the 1996 Act;

• “course of study” (“cwrs astudio”) means a course of education or training which leads to a qualification or set of qualifications approved under section 99 of the 2000 Act for the purposes of section 96 of that Act;

• “fourth key stage” (“y pedwerydd cyfnod allweddol”) is to be construed in accordance with section 103 of the 2002 Act;

• “local curriculum” (“cwricwlwm lleol”), in relation to pupils in the fourth key stage, has the meaning given by section 97 of the 2002 Act and, in relation to students who are above compulsory school age but have not attained the age of nineteen, has the meaning given by section 33N of the 2000 Act;

• “local curriculum student” (“myfyriwr cwricwlwm lleol”) means a person who, in order to follow a course of study included within a local curriculum, attends a school where he or she is not a registered pupil or an institution where he or she is not enrolled as a full-time student; and

• “registered pupil” (“disgybl cofrestredig”) has the meaning given by section 434(5) of the 1996 Act.