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(1)If so requested by the Director, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the [F1Training and Development Agency for Schools] must provide the Director with any information which is in its possession and is reasonably required by the Director for the purposes of his functions.
[F2(1A)Subsection (1) does not apply to any information which the Higher Education Funding Council for England receives in its capacity as principal regulator (within the meaning of section 13 of the Charities Act 2006).
(1B)Subsection (1A) does not prevent the Higher Education Funding Council for England disclosing information to the Director under section 10A of the Charities Act 1993.]
(2)If so requested by the Higher Education Funding Council for England or the [F1Training and Development Agency for Schools], the Director must provide the Council or the Agency with any information which is in his possession and is reasonably required by either of those bodies for the purposes of its functions.
[F3(3)Subsection (2) does not apply to information which the Higher Education Funding Council for England requires for the purposes of its functions as principal regulator (within the meaning of section 13 of the Charities Act 2006).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 40 substituted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 34
F2S. 40(1A)(1B) inserted (1.6.2010) by The Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/501), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(2)
F3S. 40(3) inserted (1.6.2010) by The Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/501), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(3)
(1)In this Part—
“course” does not include any part-time or postgraduate course other than a course of initial teacher training;
“the Director” has the meaning given by section 31(1);
“English approved plan” has the meaning given by section 22(b);
“fees”, in relation to undertaking a course, means fees in respect of, or otherwise in connection with, undertaking the course, including admission, registration, tuition and graduation fees but excluding—
fees payable to an institution for awarding or accrediting any qualification where the institution does not provide the whole or part of the course and is not a publicly-funded institution (as defined by subsection (2)),
fees payable for board or lodging,
fees payable for field trips (including any tuition element of such fees),
fees payable for attending any graduation or other ceremony, and
such other fees as may be prescribed—
in relation to England, by regulations made by the Secretary of State, or
in relation to Wales, by regulations made by the Assembly;
[F4 “ governing body ” is to be read in accordance with subsection (1A); ]
“general provisions”, in relation to a plan, has the meaning given by section 33(4);
[F5 “ institution ” includes any training provider (whether or not the training provider would otherwise be regarded as an institution); ]
“plan” has the meaning given by section 22(a);
“the relevant authority” has the meaning given by section 30(1);
“Welsh approved plan” has the meaning given by section 22(b).
[F6(1A)In this Act any reference to the governing body of an institution—
(a)in relation to any institution except a training provider falling within paragraph (b), has the meaning given by section 90(1) of the 1992 Act, but subject to any provision made by virtue of section 90(2) of that Act, and
(b)in the case of a training provider who but for subsection (1) would not be regarded as an institution, means the training provider.]
(2)In subsection (1) “publicly-funded institution” means—
(a)any university or other institution receiving grants, loans or other payments under section 65 of the 1992 Act, or under [F7section 78 or 86 of the 2005 Act], any institution maintained by a [F8local authority ] in the exercise of their further and higher education functions, any institution receiving a recurrent grant towards its costs under regulations made under section 485 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) or any institution receiving financial resources under [F9section 61 or 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 or section] 34 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21);
(b)any institution within the higher education sector for the purposes of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37), any college of further education within the meaning of section 36(1) of that Act or any central institution within the meaning of section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44);
(c)the Queen’s University of Belfast, the University of Ulster, a college of education in Northern Ireland within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)) or any institution providing in Northern Ireland further education as defined in Article 3 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15)).
[F10(3) In subsections (1) and (1A), “ training provider ” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 2005 Act. ]
[F11(4)In subsection (2)(a), “local authority” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 579(1) of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F4Words in s. 41(1) substituted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 35(2)(a)
F5Words in s. 41(1) inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 35(2)(b)
F6S. 41(1A) inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 35(3)
F7Words in s. 41(2)(a) substituted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 35(4)
F8Words in s. 41(2)(a) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 12(a)
F9Words in s. 41(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1080), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 51 (with art. 2(3))
F10S. 41(3) inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 35(5)
F11S. 41(4) inserted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 12(b)
Commencement Information
I1S. 41 partly in force; s. 41 in force for E. at Royal Assent, see s. 52(1)
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