8. In the exercise of its functions under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 [1950 c.29] , the Department may, with the consent of the Department of Education, make arrangements for the furnishing by schools of such particulars, relating to the health, ability, educational attainments and aptitudes of pupils leaving school or who, while attending school, attain such age as may be specified by the Department, as the Department considers appropriate for enabling it to fulfil its functions under the said section 1 in relation to those pupils.