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Further and Higher Education Act 1992

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28Designation of institutions

(1)The Secretary of State may by order designate as eligible to receive support from funds administered by the councils any educational institution principally concerned with the provision of one or both of the following—

(a)full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons over compulsory school age who have not attained the age of nineteen years, and

(b)courses of further or higher education,

if the institution meets the requirements of subsection (2) below.

(2)The institution must be one of the following—

(a)a voluntary aided school,

(b)an institution (other than a school) assisted by a local education authority, or

(c)an institution which is grant-aided or eligible to receive aid by way of grant.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above an institution is grant-aided or eligible to receive aid by way of grant if it is maintained by persons other than local education authorities who—

(a)receive any grants under regulations made under section 100(1)(b) of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944, or

(b)are eligible to receive such grants.

(4)In this Part of this Act “designated institution” means an institution in relation to which a designation under this section has effect.

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