(1)In this Act—
(a)“funded non-maintained nursery education” means nursery education that is provided—
(i)by a person other than the governing body of a maintained school or maintained nursery school,
(ii)under arrangements made between that person and a local authority in Wales, in the exercise of its duty to secure nursery education under section 118 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), and
(iii)in consideration of financial assistance provided by the authority under the arrangements;
(b)“nursery education” means full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age.
(2)In this Act—
(a)a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education is a person with whom arrangements are made by a local authority in the exercise of its duty to secure nursery education under section 118 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, and
(b)a local authority that secures funded non-maintained nursery education is a local authority by which arrangements of that description are made for that education.