Qualifications Wales Act 2015

28 Transitional provision in connection with withdrawal of approval

(1) This section applies for the purposes of notice under section 27(5).

(2) If Qualifications Wales considers it appropriate to do so for the purpose of avoiding prejudice to persons who are seeking, or might reasonably be expected to seek, to obtain the form of the qualification concerned, it may make provision in the notice that is within subsection (3).

(3) Provision within this subsection is provision to the effect that, from the expiry of the withdrawal date until the expiry of the extension date, the form of the qualification is to be treated, for purposes specified by Qualifications Wales in the notice, as being approved under this Part by Qualifications Wales for award by the body concerned.

(4) If Qualifications Wales makes provision within subsection (3)—

(a) it must give reasons for this in the notice, and

(b) the form of the qualification is to be treated, from the expiry of the withdrawal date, for the purposes specified in the notice, and until the expiry of the extension date, as being approved under this Part for award by the body concerned.

(5) In this section—

• “extension date” (“dyddiad estyn”) means a date specified by Qualifications Wales in the notice for the purposes of this section;

• “withdrawal date” (“dyddiad tynnu’n ôl”) means the date specified by Qualifications Wales in the notice as being the date from the expiry of which withdrawal of approval is to take effect.