In this Act—

• “the 1944 Act” means the M1Education Act 1944;

• “the 1968 (No. 2) Act” means the M2Education (No. 2) Act 1968;

• “the 1980 Act” means the M3Education Act 1980;

• F1. . .

• “boarder” includes a pupil who boards during the week but not at weekends;

• “co-opted governor”, in relation to any school, means a person who is appointed to be a member of the governing body of the school by being co-opted by those governors of the school who have not themselves been so appointed but does not include a governor appointed in accordance with any provision made by virtue of section 5 of this Act;

• F2“establishment of higher or further education” means an institution which provides higher education or further education (or both);

• “exclude”, in relation to the exclusion of any pupil from a school, means exclude on disciplinary grounds;

• “head teacher”, except where provision to the contrary is made, includes an acting head teacher;

• “maintained special school” means a special school which is maintained by a local education authority;

• “parent governor”, in relation to any school, means (subject to section 5 of and Schedule 1 to this Act) a person who is elected as a member of the governing body of the school by parents of registered pupils at the school and who is himself such a parent at the time when he is elected;

• “promoters”, in relation to any intended new school, or school which it is proposed should be maintained by a local education authority, means the persons who intend to establish the school or (as the case may be) who established the school which it is proposed should be so maintained, or their representatives;

• “school day”, in relation to any school, means any day on which at that school there is a school session; and

• “teacher governor”, in relation to any school, means (subject to Schedule 1 to this Act) a person who is elected as a member of the governing body of the school by teachers at the school and who is himself such a teacher at the time when he is elected.

Except where otherwise provided, in this Act “governing body” and “governor” do not include a temporary governing body or any member of such a body.