Technical and Further Education Act 2017

1 The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

(1) The Institute for Apprenticeships is renamed the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (referred to in this Act as “the Institute”).

(2) Accordingly, in Part 1 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009—

(a) after “Institute for Apprenticeships”, in each place it occurs, insert “and Technical Education”;

(b) in section ZA1(2) for ““the IfA”” substitute ““the Institute””;

(c) for “IfA’s” in each place it occurs, substitute “Institute’s”;

(d) for “IfA”, in each other place it occurs, substitute “Institute”.

(3) In section 122(3)(g) of that Act for “IfA” substitute “Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education”.

(4) In the following provisions after “Institute for Apprenticeships” insert “and Technical Education”—

(a) Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972;

(b) Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

(5) Schedule 1—

(a) confers functions on the Institute in relation to technical education qualifications,

(b) makes provision about the sharing of information,

(c) makes provision about the charging of fees by the Institute in connection with evaluations of the quality of apprenticeship assessments, and

(d) makes transitional provision.