The Single Education Plan (Wales) Regulations 2006

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1);

“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002(2);

“the 2004 Act” (“Deddf 2004”) means the Children Act 2004(3);

“appropriate diocesan authority” (“awdurdod esgobaethol priodol”) means in relation to a Church in Wales school or a Roman Catholic Church school—

(i)

the Diocesan Board of Finance or other person designated by the National Assembly under section 142(1) of the 1998 Act(4) (as the case may be) for every diocese of the Church in Wales, and

(ii)

the bishop of every diocese of the Roman Catholic Church,

any part of the area of which (in each case) lies within the authority’s area;

“authority” (“awdurdod”) means a children’s services authority in Wales which is a local education authority(5);

“Church in Wales school” (“un o ysgolion yr Eglwys yng Nghymru”) has the meaning given to it by section 142(1) of the 1998 Act;

“excluded” (“a waherddir” ac “a waharddwyd”) means excluded on disciplinary grounds, and “exclusion” (“wedi'u gwahardd” a “gwaharddiad”) has a corresponding meaning;

“National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“nursery education” (“addysg feithrin”) has the meaning given to it by section 117 of the 1998 Act, and nursery places is to be construed accordingly;

“Roman Catholic Church school” (“un o ysgolion yr Eglwys Gatholig Rufeinig”) has the meaning given to it by section 142(1) of the 1998 Act;

“school maintained by a local education authority” (“ysgol a gynhelir gan awdurdod addysg lleol”) (including any reference to a school maintained by a specific authority) has the meaning given to it by section 142(1) of the 1998 Act;

“Single Education Plan” (“Cynllun Addysg Sengl”) means the plan referred to in regulation 3(3) and, unless the contrary is indicated, includes the Supporting Information;

“the Supporting Information” (“yr Gwybodaeth Ategol”) means the information referred to in regulation 4; and

“Targets” (“Targedau”) means the Targets referred to in Part 3 of Schedule 2.

(2) In these Regulations, references to publication (however expressed) are references to publication in accordance with regulation 11.

(1)

1998 c. 31.

(2)

2002 c. 32.

(3)

2004 c. 31.

(4)

The function of designating has been transferred under the National Assembly Transfer of Functions Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672).

(5)

See section 65(1) of the 2004 Act for the meaning of children’s services authority in Wales, which means a county council or county borough council.