Learning and Skills Act 2000

98 Approved qualifications: England. E+W

(1) This section has effect for the purposes of [F1 section 96 in its application ]to England.

(2) A qualification is approved at a given time if—

(a) it is then approved by the Secretary of State, or

(b) it is then approved by a body then designated by him for the purposes of this section.

F2 (2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3 (2B) A qualification may be approved only if—

(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (2C) are satisfied in relation to the qualification, or

(b) the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation is consulted before the approval is given.

(2C) The conditions are that—

(a) the qualification is a regulated qualification within the meaning of Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, and

(b) if the qualification is subject to the accreditation requirement (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of that Part), it is accredited under section 139 of that Act.]

(3) Approval may be given generally or in relation to particular cases.

F4 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) The Secretary of State may at any time revoke—

(a) a designation;

(b) an approval given by him;

(c) an approval given by a designated body.

(6) A designated body may at any time revoke an approval given by it.

(7) If the Secretary of State asks the [F5 Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency or the Young People's Learning Agency for England] to do so, it must advise him on any approval he proposes to give under subsection (2)(a).

(8) If a designated body asks the [F6 Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency or the Young People's Learning Agency for England] to do so, it must advise the body on any approval the body proposes to give under subsection (2)(b).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 98(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), s. 269(4), Sch. 6 para. 44(2); S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2

F2 S. 98(2A) repealed (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), s. 269(4), Sch. 6 para. 44(3), 16 Pt. 2; S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2

F3 S. 98(2B)(2C) inserted (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), s. 269(4), Sch. 12 para. 28(2); S.I. 2010/1151, art. 2, Sch. 1

F4 S. 98(4) repealed (28.2.2009) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 159(3), 173(4), Sch. 2; S.I. 2009/387, art. 2

F5 Words in s. 98(7) substituted (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), s. 269(4), Sch. 12 para. 28(3); S.I. 2010/1151, art. 2, Sch. 1

F6 Words in s. 98(8) substituted (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), s. 269(4), Sch. 12 para. 28(3); S.I. 2010/1151, art. 2, Sch. 1