The School Organisation Proposals by the Learning and Skills Council for England Regulations 2001

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“the 2000 Act” means the Learning and Skills Act 2000;

“city academy” shall be construed in accordance with section 482(3)(c) of the Education Act 1996(1);

“the Council” means the Learning and Skills Council for England;

“further education college” means an institution within the further education sector (within the meaning of section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992)(2);

“16 to 19 institution” means a maintained school which—

(a)

provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, and

(b)

does not provide full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age;

“mainstream school” means a maintained school other than a special school;

“proposals to discontinue a sixth form” means proposals such as are mentioned in paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 7;

“the school organisation committee” means the school organisation committee for the area of the local education authority who maintain the school the subject of the proposals;

“special school” means a community or foundation special school;

“statement of special educational needs” means a statement of special educational needs maintained under Part IV of the Education Act 1996.

(2) Any reference to Schedule 7 is a reference to Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations the date of publication of proposals is—

(a) the date on which the requirements of regulation 4 are satisfied; and

(b) where different requirements are satisfied on different days, on the last of such days.

(1)

1986 c. 56; section 482(3)(c) was inserted by section 130 of the 2000 Act.

(2)

1992 c. 13.