Further Education Act 1985

1 Supply of goods and services through further education establishments. E+W

(1) For the purposes of this Act goods are supplied through [F1 an institution which provides higher education or further education (or both)] if they result—

(a) from its educational activities;

(b) from the use of its facilities and the expertise of persons employed at it in the fields in which they are so employed;

(c) from ideas of a person employed at it, or of one of its students, arising out of its educational activities.

(2) For the purposes of this Act services are supplied through such an [F2 institution]—

(a) if they are provided by making available—

(i) its facilities;

(ii) the expertise of persons employed at it in the fields in which they are so employed;

(b) if they result—

(i) from its educational activities;

(ii) from ideas such as are mentioned in subsection (1)(c) above.

(3) For the purposes of this Act educational activities are—

(a) the provision of teaching and industrial and vocational training;

(b) the carrying out of research; and

(c) any activity incidental or ancillary to any activity mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.

F3 [( 4 ) In this Act “ institution ” does not include a school. ]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 92(2)

F2 Word substituted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 92(3)

F3 S. 1(4) added (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para.20; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3