The Education (Determination of Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

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

“the determination year”, in relation to the proposed admission arrangements for a school, means the school year beginning two years before the school year which the arrangements will be for;

“education authority” means a local education authority;

“the initial year” means the school year 2000/2001;

“main entrance” means the principal entrance to the school premises in question, or (if the school has more than one site) to the principal entrance to the main administrative building of the school;

“relevant area” has the meaning in section 89(3) of the Act;

“school” means a maintained school(1);

“section”, unless the context otherwise requires, means a section of the Act.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, admission arrangements for a school shall be treated as being for the particular school year in which pupils are to be admitted to the school in consequence of the arrangements.

(1)

The definition of “maintained school” in section 84(6) of the Act is modified in relation to times before the appointed day (1st September 1999) by S.I. 1998/3130.