In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the School Inspections Act 19967 (which is revoked by the 2005 Act);

• “the 2005 Act” (“Deddf 2005”) means the Education Act 2005;

• “appropriate diocesan authority” (“awdurdod esgobaethol priodol”), “Church in Wales school” (“ysgol yr Eglwys yng Nghymru”), “Church of England school” (“ysgol Eglwys Loegr”) and “Roman Catholic school” (“ysgol yr Eglwys Gatholig Rufeinig”), in each case, have the meanings given by section 142(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19988;

• “bank holiday” (“gwyl banc”) means a day which is a bank holiday in Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 19719;

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

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a bank holiday or part of a holiday longer than a week taken by the school in question.

Where these Regulations require an act to be done within a specified period from a specified date the period begins immediately after that date.

In order to give full effect to section 41(4)(c), the reference in that provision to “the authority” is to be read, for the purposes of regulation 9(3), as a reference to the proprietor of the school.

Any reference in these Regulations to a section or Schedule (without more) is a reference to a section of, or Schedule to, the 2005 Act.