- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
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(1)Any person who, in the course of business, grants, offers to grant or issues any invitation relating to any award—
(a)which may reasonably be taken to be an award granted or to be granted by a United Kingdom institution; and
(b)which either—
(i)is described as a degree; or
(ii)purports to confer on its holder the right to the title of bachelor, master or doctor and may reasonably be taken to be a degree;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2)Subsection (1) above does not apply as respects anything done in relation to any recognised award; and for the purposes of this section a “recognised award” means—
(a)any award granted or to be granted by a university, college or other body which is authorised by Royal Charter or [F1by or under]Act of Parliament to grant degrees;
(b)any award granted or to be granted by any body for the time being permitted by any body falling within paragraph (a) above to act on its behalf in the granting of degrees; or
(c)such other award as the Secretary of State may by order designate as a recognised award for the purposes of this section.
(3)An order under subsection (2)(c) above may designate as a recognised award either—
(a)a specified award granted or to be granted by a person named in the order; or
(b)any award granted or to be granted by such a person.
(4)Where in any proceedings for an offence under this section it is shown—
(a)that the defendant granted, offered to grant or issued an invitation relating to an award; and
(b)that an address in the United Kingdom was given in any document issued by the defendant certifying the granting of the award or containing the offer or invitation in question;
the award shall be presumed to fall within subsection (1)(a) above unless it is shown that the defendant took reasonable steps to inform the person to whom the award was granted or any member of the public or particular individual to whom the offer or invitation was addressed that the award was not granted or to be granted by a United Kingdom institution.
(5)In any proceedings for an offence under this section it shall be a defence for the defendant to show—
(a)that the award in question was granted or to be granted by virtue of authority conferred on or before 5th July 1988 by a foreign institution on the body granting the award; and
(b)that the defendant took reasonable steps to inform the person to whom the award was granted or any member of the public or particular individual to whom the offer was addressed that the award was granted or was to be granted by virtue of authority conferred by a foreign institution.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (5) above, where—
(a)on or before 5th July 1988 authority was conferred by a foreign institution on a body to grant awards of any description for a period expiring after that date; and
(b)new authority is conferred by the institution (whether before or after the expiry of that period) on the body to grant awards of that description;
the new authority shall be taken to have been granted on or before that date.
(7)Where an offence under this section which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent and connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(8)Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not, in England and Wales, be instituted except by or on behalf of a local weights and measures authority or the chief officer of police for a police area.
(9)Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to the granting of an award to a candidate who—
(a)before 12th May 1988 began to undertake a course of education approved by the person granting the award in preparation for an examination to qualify for the award; and
(b)whether before or after that date, passes the examination;
and in this subsection “examination” includes any form of assessment and the reference to passing an examination shall be construed accordingly.
[F2(9A)For the purposes of this section and section 215, as they extend to Scotland, the reference to the Secretary of State is to be read as a reference to the Scottish Ministers.]
(10)For the purposes of this section—
(a)a “United Kingdom institution” means any institution established in the United Kingdom, other than one which is, or is affiliated to or forms part of, an institution whose principal establishment is situated outside the United Kingdom;
(b)a “foreign institution” means any institution other than a United Kingdom institution; and
(c)the reference to issuing an invitation relating to any award includes in particular the issuing of any circular, prospectus or advertisement relating to an award, whether addressed to the public generally, to any section of the public, or to any particular individual or individuals.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 214(2)(a) inserted (6.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 48; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 1.
F2S. 214(9A) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 91(2); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
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