Deregulation Act 2015

PART 1 Measures applying to England and Wales

Control of interest rates on loans

1 In the Further Education Act 1985, omit section 3 (which confers powers on the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers to determine the minimum rate of interest on loans made under that Act by local authorities to certain bodies providing education etc).

Powers of Secretary of State in relation to local authority maintained institutions

2 (1) The Education (No. 2) Act 1986 is amended as follows.

(2) Omit section 61 (which makes provision about the minimum age for governors of higher or further education institutions maintained by local authorities and about the participation of students in proceedings of governing bodies of such institutions).

(3) Omit section 62 (which confers powers on the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers to make provision by regulations requiring governing bodies of higher or further education institutions maintained by local authorities to make documents and information relating to the governing bodies available).

3 (1) The Education Reform Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) Omit section 158 (which requires the governing bodies of institutions providing full-time education which are maintained by local authorities in the exercise of their higher or further education functions to make reports and returns etc to the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers on request).

(3) Omit section 159 (which confers powers on the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers to make provision by regulations requiring local authorities to publish information relating to institutions providing full-time education which are maintained by the authorities in the exercise of their higher or further education functions).

(4) Omit section 219 (which confers default powers etc on the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers in relation to governing bodies of institutions maintained by local authorities and providing higher or further education).

Transfer of property etc

4 (1) The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 is amended as follows.

(2) Omit sections 23 to 26 (which make provision about the transfer of property etc to further education corporations established to conduct certain other institutions in the education sector).

(3) Omit sections 32 and 33 (which make provision about the transfer of property etc to institutions designated under section 28 of the 1992 Act).

(4) Omit section 34 (which confers power on the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers by order to provide for property of a local authority to be made available for use by institutions within the further education sector).

(5) In consequence of sub-paragraphs (2) to (4)—

(a) in section 19(4)(c), for “23” substitute “27”;

(b) omit section 35;

(c) omit section 36;

(d) omit section 38;

(e) omit section 58;

(f) in section 84—

(i) in subsection (1)(a), omit “Part 1 of this Act or”;

(ii) in subsection (2), omit “Part 1 of this Act or, as the case may be,”;

(g) in section 88(1)—

(i) omit “23, 25,”;

(ii) omit “32,”;

(h) in section 88A(1)—

(i) omit “25,”;

(ii) omit “32,”;

(i) omit Schedule 5.