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 19983;

• “annual review meeting” (“cyfarfod adolygu blynyddol”) means a meeting to review a statement of special educational needs such as is referred to in regulations 15(5), 16(3) and 17(3) of the Education (Special Educational Needs) Regulations 19944;

• “approved expenditure” (“gwariant a gymeradwywyd”) means any expenditure which is approved as provided in regulation 3;

• “baseline assessment scheme” (“cynllun asesu gwaelodlin”) has the meaning given to it in section 15 of the Education Act 19975;

• “classroom assistant” (“cynorthwy-ydd ystafell ddosbarth”) means an employee of an education authority or of the governing body of a school who is normally present in a classroom with a teacher and who assists the teacher;

• “determine”(“penderfynu”) means determine by notice in writing;

• “education authority” (“awdurdod addysg”) means a local education authority in Wales;

• “education strategic plan” (“cynllun strategol addysg”) means an education development plan prepared by an education authority in accordance with section 6 of the 1998 Act;

• “financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means a period of twelve months ending with 31st March;

• “grant” (“grant”) means a grant payable under section 484 of the 1996 Act in pursuance of these Regulations;

• “key stages 1, 2, 3 and 4” (“cyfnodau allweddol 1, 2, 3 a 4”) means the periods specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) respectively of section 355(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “learning support assistant” (“cynorthwy-ydd cynnal dysgu”) means an employee of an education authority or of the governing body of a school who is normally present in a classroom with a teacher and who assists the teacher in relation to children with special educational needs;

• “leisure-time facilities” (“cyfleusterau amser hamdden”) means the facilities of a kind which education authorities are under the duty imposed by sections 2(3)(b) and 508(1) of the 1996 Act to secure are provided within their areas;

• “mainstream school” (“ysgol brif-ffrwd”) means a maintained school other than a special school;

• “maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a school maintained by an education authority;

• “member of the Inspectorate” (“aelod o'r Arolygiaeth”) has the meaning given to it in section 46(1) of the School Inspections Act 19966;

• “mentor” (“mentor”) means an experienced head teacher giving advice and assistance to support the professional development of an inexperienced head teacher;

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

• “National Grid for Learning” (“Grid Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu”) means the system of inter-connecting networks and education services based on the internet which is designed to support teaching, learning, training and administration in schools, the wider education service, and the community;

• “parent partnership services” (“gwasanaethau partneriaeth rhieni”) means the arrangements made by an education authority under section 332A of the 1996 Act for the provision of advice and information about matters relating to special educational needs to parents of children with special educational needs;

• “prescribed expenditure” (“gwariant a ragnodwyd”) means expenditure by an education authority for or in connection with any of the purposes specified in the Schedule;

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

• “Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC)” (“Cyfrifiad Ysgolion Blynyddol ar Lefel Disgyblion (PLASC)”) means the annual census that every school in Wales will at some date in the future be required to provide to the National Assembly providing information on all pupils at an individual pupil level rather than aggregate information at school level;

• “qualified teacher” (“athro cymwysedig neu athrawes gymwysedig”) means a person who, by virtue of the regulations7 relating to the employment of teachers from time to time in force under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 19888, is qualified to be employed as a teacher at a school of the kind described in subsection (12) of that section;

• “registered inspector” (“arolygydd cofrestredig”) means a person who is registered as an inspector in accordance with section 7(1) and (2) of the School Inspections Act 1996;

• “registered teacher” (“athro cofrestredig neu athrawes gofrestredig”) means a person to whom an authorisation has been granted in accordance with Part III of Schedule 2 to the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Wales) Regulations 1999;

• “school development plan” (“cynllun datblygu ysgol”) means a plan prepared by the governing body of the school in question setting out the goals of the school and the action necessary over the next few years to enable the school to move towards achieving those goals;

• “school site” (“safle ysgol”) has the meaning given to it in paragraph 2(11) of Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act;

• “special educational needs” (“anghenion addysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 312(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 337(1) of the 1996 Act9;

• “summer literacy school” (“ysgol haf ar lythrennedd”) means a scheme taking place during the summer holidays which aims to raise standards of literacy in pupils who are about to join secondary school;

• “summer numeracy school” (“ysgol haf ar rifedd”) means a scheme taking place during the summer holidays which aims to raise standards of numeracy in pupils who are about to join secondary school;

• “Wales Science Year” (“Blwyddyn Gwyddoniaeth Cymru”) means the programme of events, projects and resources designed to stimulate the imagination of young people, particularly those aged between 10 and 19, about science and technology running from 1st September 2001 to 31st December 2002;

• “young person” (“person ifanc”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “youth and community worker” (“gweithiwr ieuenctid a chymuned neu weithwraig ieuenctid a chymuned”) means a person employed in connection with leisure-time facilities, other than in a solely administrative, secretarial, clerical or manual capacity.

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation contained herein, a reference in a regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation, and a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.