The Education (Middle Schools) (Wales) Regulations 2012

Interpretation

3.  In these Regulations—

“2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002(1);

“Education Act purposes” (“dibenion y Ddeddf Addysg”) means the purposes of the Education Act 1996 and the other enactments relating to education;

“fourth key stage” (“pedwerydd cyfnod allweddol”) means the period set out in section 103(1)(d) of the 2002 Act;

“governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) includes a temporary governing body constituted in accordance with section 34 of the 2002 Act(2);

“primary age range” (“ystod oedran ysgol gynradd”) means the range of years during which a pupil is between the age of 11 years and the lower age specified in the proposals;

“promoters” (“hyrwyddwyr”) means persons other than a local authority who have published proposals for the establishment of a new school under section 28(2) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

“proposals” (“cynigion”) means the proposals referred to in section 28 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(3) and which—

(a)

specify an age which is below the age of 10 years 6 months and an age which is above the age of 12 years; and

(b)

provide that the school to which the proposals relate is to be a school providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils whose ages are between the ages specified; and

“secondary age range” (“ystod oedran ysgol uwchradd”) means the range of years during which a pupil is between the age of 11 years and the higher age specified in the proposals.

(1)

2002 c. 32.

(2)

2002 c. 32, as amended by paragraph 11(1) and (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158).

(3)

The heading was amended by the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), paragraph 18(1) and (10). Sub-section (1) was amended by the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40) paragraph 18(1), (2)(a) and (b) of Schedule 3 and by Part 3 of Schedule 18, and also by the Education Act 2002, section 154(1) to (3), and by paragraph 10(1) and (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010, and also by the Education (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 7), section 26(1) and (2)(a). Sub-section (2)(a) was amended by the Education Act 2002, paragraph 97(1) and (3) of Schedule 21, and by the Education Act 2005, Part 2 of Schedule 19, and by the Education and Inspections Act 2006, paragraph 18(1) and (3)(a) of Schedule 3 and also by the Education (Wales) Measure 2011, section 26(1) and (2)(b). Sub-section (2)(b) was amended by the Education Act 2002, section 73, and by the Education and Inspections Act 2006, paragraph 18(1), (3)(b)(i) and (ii) of Part 3 of Schedule 18.