13.—(1) The number of permanent exclusions referred to in regulation 8 is the maximum number of pupils which the authority estimate will be permanently excluded from schools maintained by the authority, other than any school situated in a hospital.
(2) In this regulation and in regulation 14, “excluded” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 64(4) of the 1998 Act(1).
As at the date these Regulations are made, sections 64 to 68 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, which make provision in relation to exclusions from schools, are not in force.