EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 16th April 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996; “authority”, in relation to any school referred to in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations means the local education authority which maintains the school ; “ GCE ‘A’ level examination” and “ GCE ‘AS’ examination” mean General Certificate of Education advanced level examination and General Certificate of Education advanced supplementary examination respectively; “ GCSE ” means General Certificate of Secondary Education; “ GNVQ ” means General National Vocational Qualification; “GNVQ precursor” means any of— the National Certificate or National Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at national level; the First Certificate or First Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at intermediate level; being qualifications approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the 1996 Act; “ NVQ ” means National Vocational Qualification; “permanently excluded” means a pupil who has been permanently excluded from a school on disciplinary grounds; “permanent exclusion date” means the date on which the name of a permanently excluded pupil is deleted from the Register; “post advanced level course” means a course of study being undertaken by a pupil who has completed a course leading to any of (i) a GCE ‘A’ level examination, (ii) a GCE ‘AS’ examination, (iii) a GNVQ at level 3, (iv) a GNVQ precursor at level 3 or (v) a NVQ at level 3 and is no longer studying any of those courses; “Register” means the register of pupils kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act and in accordance with the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995 ; and “unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to him, by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Employment. Provision of information about individual pupils 3 1 The governing body of every school referred to in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall, before 23rd April 1999 or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, provide to the authority the information referred to in Parts I and II of Schedule 2 to these Regulations. 2 The governing body of every school referred to in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall, before 23rd April 1999 or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, provide to the Secretary of State the information referred to in Parts I and II of Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Transitional provisions 4 Where before the date of the coming into force of these Regulations— a the governing body of any school referred to in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations have already provided the information referred to in Schedule 2 to these Regulations to the authority, or b the governing body of any school referred to in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations have already provided the information referred to in Schedule 2 to these Regulations to the Secretary of State, the duty under regulation 3 of these Regulations shall not apply in respect of that governing body. Charles Clarke Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 25th March 1999