In these Regulations —

• “nursery class” (“dosbarth meithrin”) means a class predominantly engaged in the provision of full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age;

• “school” (“ysgol”) means a school maintained by a local education authority, or a special school not maintained by a local education authority; and

• “school year” (“y flwyddyn ysgol”) means the period beginning with the first school term to begin after July and ending with the beginning of the first such term to begin after the following July.