The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023

Interpretation of regulation 16

15.  In regulation 16—

“relevant person” means—

(a)

in relation to a pupil under the age of 18, a parent of the pupil, or

(b)

in relation to a pupil who has attained that age, the pupil;

“remote access” means access to a meeting to enable those who are not all present together at the same place to attend and participate simultaneously by electronic means, including by live audio and video link;

“review panel” means a review panel constituted in accordance with Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations;

“scrutiny” of an exclusion refers to any of the following—

(a)

a meeting of—

(i)

the governing body under regulation 6(3)(c) of the 2012 Regulations;

(ii)

the management committee under regulation 15(3)(c) of the 2012 Regulations;

(iii)

the proprietor under regulation 24(3)(c) of the 2012 Regulations,

to consider whether the pupil should be reinstated;

(b)

a meeting of the review panel under paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations to review a decision (of a body referred to in the previous sub-paragraph) not to reinstate the pupil.