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Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:
Part 1 Apprenticeships, study and training
CHAPTER ZA1 The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
CHAPTER A1 Apprenticeships and technical education: England
Technical education qualifications
A2D1.Approval of technical education qualifications: overview
A2D3.Technical education certificate: approval of technical education qualifications
A2D5.Further powers to approve technical education qualifications
A2D6.Approved technical education qualifications: approval and withdrawal
A2D7.Approved technical education qualifications: publication and fees
A2D8.Reviews of approval of technical education qualifications
Other provision relating to approved English apprenticeships and technical education
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Chapter 1 Apprenticeships: Wales
Part 2 Local authority functions
Education and training for persons over compulsory school age
41.Education and training for persons over compulsory school age: general duty
42.Encouragement of education and training for persons over compulsory school age
43.Local authority directions: children over compulsory school age
44.Power to require provision of education by further education institution
Boarding accommodation: persons subject to learning difficulty assessment
Persons detained in youth accommodation
48.Provision of education for persons subject to youth detention
49.Persons detained in youth accommodation: application of provisions
50.Persons detained in youth accommodation: further provision
51.Detention of child or young person: local authorities to be notified
52.Release from detention of child or young person with special educational needs
53.Provision of transport etc for persons of sixth form age: duty to have regard to section 15ZA duty
54.Transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age: consultation
55.Transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age: content and publication
56.Complaints about transport arrangements etc for persons of sixth form age
57.Local authorities in England: provision of transport etc for adult learners
Part 3 The Young People's Learning Agency for England
Part 4 Apprenticeships and adult education and training: role of Secretary of State
Chapter 1 Apprenticeships and adult education and training
Apprenticeship training for persons aged 16 to 18 and certain young adults
Education and training for persons aged 19 or over etc.
86.Education and training for persons aged 19 or over and others subject to adult detention
87.Learning aims for persons aged 19 or over: provision of facilities
88.Learning aims for persons aged 19 or over: payment of tuition fees
90.Encouragement of education and training for persons aged 19 or over and others subject to adult detention
Chapter 2 Provision of services to other bodies
Part 7 The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
Schedules
The Institute for Apprenticeships
Employee study and training: minor and consequential amendments
Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)
2.In section 48 (right to present complaint of detriment to...
3.In section 105 (unfair dismissal: redundancy), after subsection (7BA) insert—...
4.In section 108(3) (exceptions to one year qualifying period of...
5.In section 194 (House of Lords staff), in subsection (2)(e)...
6.In section 195 (House of Commons staff), in subsection (2)(e)...
7.In section 199 (mariners)— (a) in subsection (2), after “47E,”...
9.In section 227(1) (maximum amount of week's pay) before paragraph...
10.In section 235(1) (other definitions) at the appropriate place insert—...
11.In section 236(3) (orders and regulations subject to affirmative Parliamentary...
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)
Local authority functions: minor and consequential amendments
2.(1) Section 13 (general responsibility for education) is amended as...
3.For section 13A substitute— Duty to promote high standards and...
4.(1) Section 15A (functions in respect of full-time education for...
5.In section 15B (functions in respect of education for persons...
6.(1) Section 312 (meaning of “special educational needs”, “learning difficulty”...
8.In section 497 (general default powers of Secretary of State)...
10.(1) In the title of section 509AA, for “Provision” substitute...
11.After section 569 insert— Regulations made by Welsh Ministers under...
12.In section 579(1) (general interpretation)— (a) in the definition of...
13.In section 580 (index) insert the following entries at the...
The Young People's Learning Agency for England
Learning aims for persons aged 19 or over
Dissolution of the Learning and Skills Council for England: minor and consequential amendments
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
2.The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 is amended as...
3.(1) Section 19 (supplementary powers of a further education corporation)...
4.In section 29(7A) (government and conduct of designated institutions)—
5.In section 31(2A) (designated institutions conducted by companies)—
7.(1) Section 56A (intervention: England) is amended as follows.
12.In Schedule 4 (instruments and articles of government for further...
Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)
14.The Learning and Skills Act 2000 is amended as follows....
15.Omit section 1 (the Learning and Skills Council for England)....
16.Omit section 2 (duties of Learning and Skills Council: education...
17.Omit section 3 (duties of Learning and Skills Council: education...
18.Omit section 4 (encouragement of education and training).
19.Omit sections 4A to 4C (learning aims for persons aged...
23.Omit section 8 (links between education and training and employment)....
27.Omit section 11A (support schemes relating to education and training...
34.Omit section 17 (use of information by Learning and Skills...
37.Omit sections 24A to 24C (strategies for functions of the...
43.Omit section 97 (external qualifications: persons over 19).
44.(1) Section 98 (approved qualifications: England) is amended as follows....
45.(1) Section 99 (approved qualifications: Wales) is amended as follows....
46.In section 100 (authorised bodies) for “sections 96 and 97...
49.(1) Section 113A (restructuring of sixth form education) is amended...
50.Omit Schedule 1 (the Learning and Skills Council for England)....
51.Omit Schedule 1A (learning aims for persons aged 19 and...
53.(1) Schedule 7A (implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth form...
Learning and Skills Council for England: transfer schemes
2.In section 17(1) (meaning of “further education corporation”) after “by...
3.After section 33 insert— Sixth form college corporations: England Initial...
4.In section 34(1) (making additional property available for use) after...
5.In section 52A(1) (duty to safeguard pupils receiving secondary education)...
6.In section 56A(1) (intervention: England) after “institution in England within...
8.After section 56D (inserted by Schedule 6) insert— Intervention by...
9.In section 88(1) (stamp duty) after “32,” insert “ 33N,...
10.In section 88A(1) (stamp duty land tax) after “32” insert...
11.(1) Section 89 (orders, regulations and directions) is amended as...
12.(1) Section 90(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.
13.(1) Section 91 (interpretation of Education Acts) is amended as...
14.In section 92 (index) at the appropriate places insert— relevant...
15.(1) Schedule 4 (instruments and articles of government for further...
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
Ofqual and the QCDA: minor and consequential amendments
13.Sections 21 to 26A (the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) cease...
14.In section 29 (functions of the Welsh Ministers in relation...
15.(1) Section 30 (functions of the Welsh Ministers in relation...
16.(1) Section 32 (supplementary provisions relating to discharge by the...
17.After section 32 insert— Qualifications functions of Welsh Ministers: co-operation...
19.After section 32A insert— Power of Welsh Ministers to withdraw...
21.Section 36 (levy on bodies awarding qualifications accredited by relevant...
22.In section 54(1) (orders and regulations) omit “, except an...
23.In section 58(6) (short title, commencement and extent etc)—
24.Schedule 4 (the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) ceases to have...
25.In Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments) omit paragraph 2....
39.(1) Section 41 (the learning and development requirements) is amended...
40.(1) Section 42 (further provisions about assessment arrangements) is amended...
41.In section 44(1) (instruments specifying learning and development or welfare...
42.In section 46 (power to enable exemptions from learning and...
Powers in relation to schools causing concern: England
2.(1) Section 59(2) (meaning of schools being “eligible for intervention”)...
3.For the title of section 60 substitute “ Performance standards...
4.After section 60 insert— Teachers' pay and conditions warning notice...
5.(1) Section 63 (power of local authority to require governing...
6.(1) Section 64 (power of local authority etc to appoint...
7.In section 66(2) (power of local authority to suspend right...
8.In section 67(1) (power of Secretary of State to appoint...
9.In section 69(1) (power of Secretary of State to provide...
10.After section 69 insert— Power of Secretary of State to...
The School Support Staff Negotiating Body
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