The Education (Foundation Body) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations:

• “the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “the Change of Category Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Newid Categori”) means the Change of Category of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2001(1);

• “the clerk” (“y clerc”) means the clerk to the foundation body appointed in accordance with regulation 14;

• “community member” (“aelod cymunedol”) means a member of the foundation body nominated by the governing bodies of schools within the group and appointed by the governor members of the foundation body under regulation 5(b) or 8(4);

• “the dissolution date” (“y dyddiad diddymu”) means the date, on which a foundation body is to be dissolved, specified in an order of the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 9(5) or 24(1);

• “the formation date” (“y dyddiad ffurfio”) means the date, on which a group is to be formed, specified in writing by the National Assembly under regulation 6(1);

• “governor member” (“llywodraethwr-aelod”) means a member of the foundation body appointed by the governing body of a school under regulation 8(1) or (3) or regulation 21(8);

• “group” (“grŵ p”) means the group of three or more schools for which a foundation body performs the following functions, namely—

  (a)

  to hold property of those schools for the purposes of those schools, and

  (b)

  to appoint foundation governors for those schools;

• “initial governor member” (“llywodraethwr-aelod cychwynnol”) shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4(4);

• “the joining date” (“y dyddiad ymuno”) means the date on which a school joins a group, specified in writing by the National Assembly under regulation 21(3);

• and “the leaving date” (“y dyddiad ymadael”) means the date on which a school leaves a group, specified in writing by the National Assembly under regulation 22(1); and

• “the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation or to a Schedule is a reference to a numbered regulation or, as the case may be, to a Schedule to these Regulations and a reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in that regulation or Schedule.

(3) Where any land is transferred to and vests in any body in accordance with these Regulations, any rights or liabilities—

(a) enjoyed or incurred by the transferor in connection with the land; and

(b) subsisting immediately before the transfer of the land,

shall also be transferred to, and by virtue of these Regulations vest in, that body.

(4) Expressions used in these Regulations set out in the first column of the following table shall have the meanings attributed to them by the provisions set out opposite thereto in the second column.

Table

financial year blwyddyn ariannol	section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996(2)
foundation gwaddoliad	section 21(3) of the 1998 Act
foundation body corff sefydledig	section 21(4) of the 1998 Act
foundation governor llywodraethwr sefydledig	paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the 1998 Act.

(5) A reference to a category in any provision of these Regulations is a reference to one of the categories set out in section 20(1) of the 1998 Act.

(1)

S.I. 2000/

(2)

1996. c.56