Learning and Skills Act 2000

2 (1) This paragraph applies to the young people’s learning committee. E+W

(2) The committee must—

(a) investigate the provision of education and training of young persons and the provision of financial resources for their education and training;

(b) advise the Council on the provision of such education and training and the provision of such resources.

(3) The committee must also consider, and advise the Council on, what education and training would be appropriate for young persons of different abilities and aptitudes in order to prepare them for those opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life which are not connected to employment.

(4) The committee is to have such other functions relating to the education and training of young persons, and such functions relating to their employment, as the Council specifies.

(5) The committee’s members are to be appointed by the Council with the approval of the Secretary of State.

(6) The Secretary of State must appoint one of the members as chairman after seeking the Council’s advice.

(7) In appointing a member the Council and the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who appears to them to understand the needs of young persons receiving education or training.

(8) A person is a young person in the period which—

(a) starts with the beginning of the year in which he attains the age of 15, and

(b) ends when he attains the age of 19.

(9) A year is a year beginning with 1 September.