2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996(1);
“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“additional co-opted governor” means a co-opted governor required by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 9 to the 1998 Act;
“employed to work” means employed under a contract of employment or a contract for services;
“grant-maintained school” and “grant-maintained special school” have the same meanings as in the 1996 Act;
“local education authority” means the local education authority by which a maintained school or a proposed such school is, or is to be, maintained;
“maintained school” means a community, community special, voluntary, foundation or foundation special school;
“Main School Government Regulations” means the Education (School Government) (England) Regulations 1999(2);
“School Organisation Regulations” means the Education (Transition to New Framework) (School Organisation Proposals) Regulations 1999(3);
“the Second Transitional Regulations” means the Education (Transition to New Framework) (New Schools, Groups and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999(4).
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, the words or expressions used in these Regulations set out in the first column of the table below have the meaning given by (or as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions referred to in the second column of that table:
| “arrangements” | section 44(1) of the 1998 Act; |
| “Education Action Forum” | section 11(2) of the 1998 Act; |
| “education action zone” | section 10(1) of the 1998 Act; |
| “education action zone” | section 10(1) of the 1998 Act; |
| “have a delegated budget” (except in Part VI) | section 49(7) of the 1998 Act; |
| “school opening date” | section 44(9) of the 1998 Act; |
| “sponsor” | paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Main School Government Regulations. |
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—
(a)a numbered Part, regulation or Schedule is a reference to the Part, regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered;
(b)a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears; and
(c)a numbered sub-paragraph is a reference to the sub-paragraph so numbered in the paragraph in which the reference appears.