The Independent Educational Provision in England (Provision of Information) and Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) and Independent School Standards (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Interpretation

3.  In these Regulations—

“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;

“the 2008 Act” means the Education and Skills Act 2008;

“Academy” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the 1996 Act (general interpretation)(1);

“accuracy statement” means a statement that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person making it, the information contained in the document to which the statement relates is accurate;

“alternative provision Academy” has the meaning given by section 1C of the Academies Act 2010 (alternative provision Academies)(2);

“application” means an application under section 98(1) of the 2008 Act (applications for registration);

“independent school” has the meaning given by section 463 of the 1996 Act (meaning of “independent school”)(3);

“register”—

(a)

means a register specified in regulation 7(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration) (England) Regulations 2010(4), in paragraph 3(18) of the Schedule; and

(b)

has the meaning given by section 138 of the 2008 Act (interpretation of chapter), in the remainder of these Regulations;

“registered school” means a school that is registered within the meaning given by section 138(1) of the 2008 Act; and

“school” means—

(a)

an independent school; or

(b)

an alternative provision Academy that is not an independent educational institution(5).

(1)

Relevant amendments to section 579 were made by paragraphs 9(1) and (17)(a) of Schedule 13 to the Education Act 2011.

(2)

2010. c. 32. Section 1C was inserted by s53(7) of the Education Act 2011.

(3)

Section 463 was substituted by section 172 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) and amended by paragraphs 1 and 43(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), regulations 153 and 154 of S.I. 2016/413, paragraph 7(1) and (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158) and paragraph 1 and 43(b) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Children and Families Act 2014.

(4)

S.I. 2010/2130. Regulation 7 was amended by regulation 38 and paragraphs 1, 3 and 8 of Schedule 9 to the Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1394), regulation 2(2) and (3) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/446) and regulation 25 of the Children’s Homes and Looked after Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3239).

(5)

See section 92 of the 2008 Act (independent educational institutions) for the definition of “independent educational institution”.