- academic year
means any period from 1 August to 31 July.
- additional learning needs
(“anghenion dysgu ychwanegol”) has the meaning given by section 2;
- additional learning provision
(“darpariaeth ddysgu ychwanegol”) has the meaning given by section 3;
- admissions authority
has the meaning given by section 88 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
- beginning of detention
(“dechrau'r cyfnod o gadw person yn gaeth”) has the meaning given by section 39;
- beginning of the detention
(“dechrau'r cyfnod o gadw person yn gaeth”) has the meaning given by section 562J of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
- case friend
(“cyfaill achos”) means a person appointed under section 85;
- child
(“plentyn”) means a person not over compulsory school age;
- data subject
(“testun y data”) has the meaning given by section 3(5) of the Data Protection Act 2018;
- detained person
(“person sy'n cael ei gadw'n gaeth”) has the meaning given by section 39;
- education
(“addysg”) includes full-time and part-time education, but does not include higher education;
- education body
means any of the following—
- enactment
(“deddfiad”) means a provision contained in any of the following (whenever enacted or made)— (a) an Act of Parliament;
- higher education course
means a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40).
- home authority
(“awdurdod cartref”) has the meaning given by section 39;
- independent advocacy services
means advice and assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to a child, a young person or a case friend—
- independent educational institution
has the meaning given by Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the 2008 Act.
- independent reviewing officer
(“swyddog adolygu annibynnol”) has the meaning given by section 15;
- independent special post-16 institution
means an institution which provides education or training for persons over compulsory school age and is specially organised to provide such education or training for persons with additional learning needs, and which is not—
- individual development plan
(“cynllun datblygu unigol”) has the meaning given by section 10;
- institution in the further education sector
(“sefydliad yn y sector addysg bellach”) means an institution falling within section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;
- integrated care board
(“bwrdd gofal integredig”) means a body established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
- lay panel
(“panel lleyg”) means the panel of persons appointed under section 91(5);
- legal chair
(“cadeirydd cyfreithiol”) means a member of the panel);
- legal chair panel
(“panel cadeirydd cyfreithiol”) means the panel of persons appointed under section 91(4) (and “legal chair” (“cadeirydd cyfreithiol”) means a member of the panel);
- local authority
(“awdurdod lleol”) means the council of a county or county borough in Wales, except where specific reference is made to a local authority in England;
- Local Health Board
(“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42);
- mainstream institution in the further education sector
(“sefydliad prif ffrwd yn y sector addysg bellach”) means an institution in the further education sector that is not specially organised to provide education or training for persons with additional learning needs;
- mainstream maintained school
(“ysgol brif ffrwd a gynhelir”) means a maintained school that is not— (a) a special school, or (b) a pupil referral unit;
- maintained school
(“ysgol a gynhelir”) means— (a) a community, foundation or voluntary school, (b) a community or foundation special school not established in a hospital, (c) a maintained nursery school, or (d) a pupil referral unit;
- nursery education
means education suitable for a child who has attained the age of three but is under compulsory school age.
- personal data
(“data personol”) has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(2) and (14) of that Act).
- Personal education plan
means the plan that is included in the care and support plan maintained for a looked after child under section 83(2A) of the 2014 Act.
- prescribed
(“rhagnodedig” and “a ragnodir”) means prescribed in regulations;
- President
(“Llywydd”) means the President of the Education Tribunal for Wales appointed under section 91;
- pupil referral unit
(“uned cyfeirio disgyblion“) has the meaning given by section 19A(2) of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
- regulations
(“rheoliadau”) means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;
- relevant body
means—
- relevant institution
means—
- relevant treatment or service
means any treatment or service that an NHS body would normally provide as part of the comprehensive health service in Wales continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42).
- relevant youth accommodation
(“llety ieuenctid perthnasol”) has the meaning given by section 39;
- Special Health Authority
(“Awdurdod Iechyd Arbennig”) means a Special Health Authority established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
- statutory document
means an instrument (other than a statutory instrument) that is—
- students
means students enrolled at the institution in the further education sector.
- the capacity to understand the subject matter
means the capacity to understand—
- the relevant time
means the time at which, under this Act, something is required or permitted to be done by or in relation to a parent or a person over compulsory school age. 6 The reference in this paragraph to lacking capacity is to lacking capacity within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. 7 “Representative”, in relation to a parent or a person over compulsory school age, means— a a deputy appointed by the Court of Protection under section 16(2)(b) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to make decisions on the parent's or person's behalf in relation to matters within this Schedule;
- training
(“hyfforddiant”) includes— (a) full-time and part-time training;
- Tribunal
(“Tribiwnlys”) means the Education Tribunal for Wales (see section 91);
- young person
(“person ifanc”) means a person over compulsory school age, but under 25;
- youth offending team
(“tîm troseddwyr ifanc”) means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).