The Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 1998

PART I GENERAL

Citation, commencement, application and revocation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.

(2) As from that date, the Regulations listed in the Schedule shall be revoked.

(3) These Regulations apply only in relation to schools in Wales.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1);

“school year” means the period of twelve months commencing on 1st August;

“the 1996 Act” means the School Inspections Act 1996;

“working day” 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; and

any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority shall have the same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act 1989(2).

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

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a) to the Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b) to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

(c) in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number.

(1)

1971 c. 80.

(2)

1989 c. 41.