Chapter IE+W Local Education Authority Functions with respect to Higher and Further Education
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(1)A local education authority shall no longer be under a duty to secure the provision for their area of facilities for higher education, that is to say, education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act.
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)A local education authority shall have power—
(a)to secure the provision for their area of such facilities for higher education as appear to them to be appropriate for meeting the needs of the population of their area;
(b)to secure the provision of higher education for persons [F2from other areas]; and
(c)to do anything which appears to them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with such provision.
(4)In exercising their power under subsection (3)(a) above a local education authority shall have regard to any facilities for higher education provided by [F3institutions within the higher education sector][F4or the further education sector] and other bodies which are provided for, or available for use by persons living in, their area.
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F6(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(10)The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 6 to this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 120(2) repealed (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 30(a), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F2Words in s. 120(3)(b) substituted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 30(b); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F3Words in s. 120(4) substituted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 30(c)(i); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F4Words in s. 120(4) inserted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 30(c)(ii); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F5S. 120(5)(9) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), 583, Sch. 38 Pt.I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39).
F6S. 120(6)-(8) repealed (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 30(d), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 120 explained (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/1494, reg. 4(4)(b).