In these Regulations —

• “the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 19962;

• “the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002;

• “application” (“cais”) means an application to the registration authority for the registration of an independent school made by the proprietor pursuant to section 160(1)(b) of the 2002 Act;

• “proprietor” (“perchennog”) has the same meaning as in section 579 of the 1996 Act;

• “school” (“ysgol”) means an independent school as defined by section 463 of the 1996 Act;

• “the register” (“y gofrestr”) means the register of independent schools kept by the registration authority under section 158(3) of the 2002 Act; and

• “registered school” (“ysgol gofrestredig”) means a school whose name is entered in the register.

Any reference in these Regulations to a person employed at a school is a reference to a person carrying out work to which section 142 of the 2002 Act applies.