2.—(1) In these Regulations:
“the Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“key stage” means any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) of section 82 of the Education Act 2002(1) and a reference to the first, second or third key stage is a reference to the periods set out respectively in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that subsection;
“National Curriculum assessment” means any assessment of pupils carried out for the purposes of assessment arrangements made under or by virtue of an order under section 87(3)(c) of the Education Act 2002;
“the relevant pupil”, in relation to individual pupil information, means the pupil or former pupil to whom the information relates;
“the relevant school” means the school at which the relevant pupil is or was registered; and
“work-based learning provider” means any employer who provides learning in the workplace to pupils or students as part of a course at any school or further education institution.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, each of the following is a relevant local authority in relation to the provision of any individual pupil information—
(a)the local education authority which maintains the school at which the relevant pupil is or was registered;
(b)the local education authority which, for the purposes of Part IV of the Act (special educational needs), is responsible for the relevant pupil (within the meaning of section 321(3) of the Act);
(c)where the relevant pupil is a child looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989(2)), that local authority;
(d)where the information relates to a pupil or former pupil of a school which is not maintained by a local education authority, the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated.