Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
3. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996(1);
“anonymous pupil reference number” means the number which—
is assigned to a pupil by use of a formula determined by the Department for Children, Schools and Families;
continues to apply to the pupil regardless of any change in the pupil’s school; and
does not, without additional information, identify the pupil;
“pupil” has the meaning given by section 3 of the 1996 Act(2);
“school” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1996 Act(3).
1996 c.56; section 3 was amended by the Education Act 1997 (c.44), Schedule 7, paragraph 9; and the Education Act 2002 (c.32), Schedule 21, paragraph 34.
1996 c.56; section 4 was amended by the Education Act 1997 (c.44), section 51 and Schedule 7, paragraph 10; the Education Act 2002, Schedule 22, part 3; and the Childcare Act 2006 (c.21), section 95.