In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;

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

• “academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) has the meaning given in section 89B(6) of the 1998 Act;

• “admission arrangements” (“trefniadau derbyn”) has the meaning given in section 88(2) of the 1998 Act9;

• “admission authority” (“awdurdod derbyn”) has the meaning given in section 88(1) of the 1998 Act10;

• “admission year” (“blwyddyn dderbyn”) means the academic year during which pupils are admitted to a relevant age group under a qualifying scheme or a Welsh Minister scheme;

• “application” (“cais”), in relation to arrangements made by a local authority under section 86(1) of the 199811 Act, means a parent’s expression of preference in a common application form as to the maintained school at which that parent wishes education to be provided for their child;

• “child” (“plentyn”) has the meaning given in section 84(6) of the 1998 Act12;

• “common application form” (“ffurflen gais gyffredin”) means a form provided by a local authority for completion by a parent in respect of an application by that parent;

• “composite prospectus” (“prosbectws cyfansawdd”) means the composite prospectus that a local authority is required to publish under regulation 4 of the School Information (Wales) Regulations 201113;

• “determination year” (“blwyddyn benderfynu”) in relation to the proposed admission arrangements for a school, means the academic year beginning 2 academic years before the academic year to which the admission arrangements relate;

• “governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) has the meaning given in section 19(1) of the Education Act 200214;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council in Wales and a county borough council in Wales;

• “maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) has the meaning given in section 84(6) of the 1998 Act;

• “offer date” (“dyddiad cynnig”) has the meaning given in regulation 6;

• “offer year” (“blwyddyn gynnig”) means the academic year immediately preceding the admission year;

• “parent” (“rhiant”) has the meaning given in section 576 of the 1996 Act15;

• “primary school” (“ysgol gynradd”) has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the 1996 Act16;

• “pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given in section 3 of the 1996 Act17;

• “qualifying scheme” (“cynllun cymhwysol”) means a scheme formulated by a local authority for co-ordinating arrangements for the admission of pupils to maintained schools in its area under section 89B(1)(a) of the 1998 Act and these Regulations;

• “relevant age group” (“grŵp oedran perthnasol”) has the meaning given in section 142(1) of the 1998 Act18;

• “secondary school” (“ysgol uwchradd”) has the meaning given in section 5(2) of the 1996 Act;

• “Welsh Minister scheme” (“cynllun Gweinidogion Cymru”) means a scheme for the co-ordination of admission arrangements imposed by the Welsh Ministers under subsection 89B(2) of the 1998 Act;

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 197119.