Education Reform Act 1988

91 (1) Section 1 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (fees at certain further education establishments) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(b) any institution within the PCFC funding sector; and

(c) any institution which provides higher education or further education (or both) and is either maintained by a local education authority or falls within subsection (3A) below; and

(d) any further education institution in Scotland which is administered by an education authority.”

(3) After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) An institution falls within this subsection if it is substantially dependent for its maintenance on public funds and either is specified in the regulations or is of a class or description so specified.”.

(4) In subsection (4), after the words “Education (Scotland) Act 1980” there shall be inserted the words “and expressions used in this section and in the Education Act 1944 have the same meaning as in that Act”.