3. After regulation 6 insert—
“7.—(1) This paragraph applies to any school session falling within the school year 2021-2022 which is devoted (wholly or mainly) to the preparation of schools and planning by teachers due to circumstances relating to the incidence or transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
(2) Paragraph (1) is to have effect in relation to no more than four school sessions in the first two days of the second term of that school year.
(3) Where paragraph (1) applies, that session is to be regarded for the purposes of regulation 4 as a session on which the school has met.”