In these Regulations—

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

• “child looked after by a local authority” (“plentyn sy'n derbyn gofal gan awdurdod lleol”) has the meaning assigned to it by section 22(1) of the Children Act 19894;

• “learning activity reference” (“cyfeirnod gweithgaredd dysgu”) means a combination of numbers which together with a letter are allocated to a course of study or other learning activity and are particular to that course or learning activity, determined by the National Council for Training and Education for Wales;

• “permanently excluded” (“wedi'i wahardd yn barhaol”) in relation to a pupil means a pupil who has been permanently excluded from a school on disciplinary grounds;

• “permanent exclusion date” (“dyddiad gwahardd parhaol”) means the date on which the name of a permanently excluded pupil is deleted from the Register;

• “Register” (“Cofrestr”) means the register of pupils kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act and in accordance with the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 19955;

• “sixth form pupil” (“disgybl chweched dosbarth”) means a pupil in respect of whose education the National Council for Training and Education for Wales may make a grant to the local education authority under section 36 of the Learning and Skills Act 20006;

• “special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given by section 337 of the 1996 Act7; and

• “unique pupil number” (“Rhif unigryw disgybl”) means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to that pupil, by use of a formula determined by the National Assembly for Wales.