Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996(1);

“the 2018 Act” (“Deddf 2018”) means the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018(2);

“additional learning needs” (“anghenion dysgu ychwanegol”) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the 2018 Act;

“additional learning provision” (“darpariaeth ddysgu ychwanegol”) has the same meaning as in section 3 of the 2018 Act;

“child” (“plentyn”) means a person of compulsory school age;

“compulsory school age” (“oedran ysgol gorfodol”) has the same meaning as section 8 of the 1996 Act(3);

“CME” (“PCA”) means children missing education;

“the CME database” (“y gronfa ddata PCA”) means the database established and operated, or to be established and operated, by a pilot local authority under regulation 3;

“CME record” (“cofnod PCA”), in relation to a child, means the information relating to that child contained in the CME database;

“local authority in England” (“awdurdod lleol yn Lloegr”) means—

“local authority in Wales” (“awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru”) means the council of a county or county borough in Wales;

“parent” (“rhiant”) means any person with parental responsibility for the child (within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989(4)) or who has care of the child at any time;

“pilot local authority” (“awdurdod lleol peilot”) means a local authority in Wales listed in Schedule 1;

“registered pupil” (“disgybl cofrestredig”) means a child registered as a pupil at a school in a register kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act;

“school” (“ysgol”) has the same meaning as in section 4 of the 1996 Act(5);

“suitable education” (“addysg addas”) has the same meaning as in section 436A(3) of the 1996 Act.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a person employed includes a person employed whether under a contract of service or a contract for services, and a person seconded to the pilot local authority in question.