http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/654/article/2/made

The Learning and Skills Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001

Further and higher education

Further education colleges

School performance and standards

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-03-30

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, ENGLAND AND WALES

This order brings provisions of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 into force on the various dates specified in the schedule to the Order. In particular, in England, the dissolution of the Further Education Funding Council for England (FEFC) is brought into effect on 1st April 2001 and the Learning and Skills Council, from that date, takes up its main duties in connection with the education and training of persons aged 16 to 19, the education and training of persons over 19 and the encouragement of all individuals and employers in those fields.