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(1)The Secretary of State may by order direct that the provisions of sections 5 and 10(2)(b) of this Act shall have effect as if—
(a)any reference to pupils of compulsory school age included a reference to—
(i)senior pupils who are of or over that age; and
(ii)persons in full-time further education who are of or over that age but have not attained the age of nineteen (referred to below in this section as “FE students ”);
(b)any reference to a maintained school included [F1except in relation to a local education authority, a reference to]
(ii)any institution (other than a university [F2or an institution within the higher education sector]) which provides further education and is a grant-aided institution;
(c)any reference to the head teacher of such a school included a reference to the principal or other head of such an institution; and
(d)any reference to a school year included a reference to an academic year.
(2)An order under this section may make such consequential modifications of section [F4245(1) of the Education Act 1993] as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.
(3)In relation to FE students in relation to whom sections 5 and 10(2)(b) of this Act have effect by virtue of an order under this section, section 22 of this Act shall have effect—
(a)with the modifications mentioned in subsection (1)(b) and (c) above;
(b)as if the information referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) were information with respect to the following matters—
(i)the qualifications authenticated by outside persons (within the meaning of section 5 of this Act) for which courses of study are to be provided by or on behalf of the institution concerned for such students;
(ii)the courses of study leading to such qualifications which are to be so provided;
(iii)the syllabuses which have been provided or determined for the purposes of those courses; and
(iv)the results of the assessments of such students for the purposes of those qualifications;
(c)as if in subsection (5)—
(i)the reference to the results of an individual pupil’s assessment (whether under this Chapter or otherwise) included a reference to the results of an individual student’s assessment for the purposes of any such qualification; and
(ii)the reference to the pupil concerned included a reference to the student concerned; and
(d)with the omission of subsections (1)(b), (2) and (3).
(4)Before making an order under this section, the Secretary of State shall consult with any persons with whom consultation appears to him to be desirable.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 24(1)(b) substituted (1. 4. 1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 28(a); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F2Words in s. 24(1)(b)(ii) inserted (1. 4. 1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 28(b); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F3Word "and", and s. 24(1)(b)(iii), added (1. 4. 1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. 1 para. 28(c); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3.
F4Words in s. 24(2) substituted (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19, para.124; S.I. 1993/1975, art.9, Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 1-25 (Pt. I) except ss. 2(1)(a), 6, 9(3)-(10), 10(1) applied (9.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1084, reg.9.
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