Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008

1 Main terms used in this Measure

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Measure.

(2) “Travel arrangements” are travel arrangements of any description and include—

(a) the provision of transport;

(b) the provision of one or more persons to escort a child when travelling;

(c) the payment of the whole or any part of a person’s reasonable travelling expenses;

(d) the payment of allowances in respect of the use of particular modes of travel.

(3) “Learners” means persons who receive education or training.

(4) The following are “relevant places”—

(a) maintained schools;

(b) institutions in the further education sector;

(c) independent schools named in statements maintained under section 324 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);

(d) non-maintained special schools;

(e) pupil referral units;

(f) places other than pupil referral units where education is arranged under section 19(1) of the Education Act 1996;

(g) places where education or training funded by the Welsh Ministers under section 34(1) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) is provided;

(h) institutions where education and training and boarding accommodation have been secured by the Welsh Ministers under section 41 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000;

(i) places where nursery education is provided—

(i) by a local authority, or

(ii) by any other person who is in receipt of financial assistance given by a local authority under arrangements made by them in pursuance of the duty imposed by section 118 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31);

(j) places where work experience is undertaken.