Interpretation3.

In these Regulations—

“2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 20024;

“Education Act purposes” (“dibenion y Ddeddf Addysg”) means the purposes of the Education Act 1996 and the other enactments relating to education;

“fourth key stage” (“pedwerydd cyfnod allweddol”) means the period set out in section 103(1)(d) of the 2002 Act;

“governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) includes a temporary governing body constituted in accordance with section 34 of the 2002 Act5;

“primary age range” (“ystod oedran ysgol gynradd”) means the range of years during which a pupil is between the age of 11 years and the lower age specified in the proposals;

“promoters” (“hyrwyddwyr”) means persons other than a local authority who have published proposals for the establishment of a new school under section 28(2) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

“proposals” (“cynigion”) means the proposals referred to in section 28 of the School Standards and Framework Act 19986 and which—

(a)

specify an age which is below the age of 10 years 6 months and an age which is above the age of 12 years; and

(b)

provide that the school to which the proposals relate is to be a school providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils whose ages are between the ages specified; and

“secondary age range” (“ystod oedran ysgol uwchradd”) means the range of years during which a pupil is between the age of 11 years and the higher age specified in the proposals.