Schools and institutions to which the Regulations apply
4.—(1) Except where the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations–
(a)a reference to a school is a reference to a school maintained by a local education authority, a special school not so maintained or a grant-maintained school;
(b)subject to paragraph (2) below, a reference to a further or higher education institution is a reference to an institution providing further education or higher education (or both) maintained by a local education authority or to one not so maintained which is designated by or under Schedule 1 as an institution substantially dependent for its maintenance on assistance from local education authorities or on grants under section 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944(1);
(c)a reference to a PCFC institution is a reference to an institution treated as within the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council funding sector by virtue of section 132(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
(d)a reference to an institution, without qualification, is a reference to a further or higher education institution or a PCFC institution.
(2) Part III of these Regulations does not apply to an institution in Wales.
1944 c. 31, amended by section 213(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40).