Valid from 01/09/1999
[60AF1Partnership arrangements to secure provision of certain further education in Wales.E+W
(1)An arrangement is a partnership arrangement to which this section applies if—
(a)it is made by—
(i)one or more local education authorities for areas in Wales, and
(ii)one or more governing bodies of Welsh further education institutions,
for the purpose of securing the provision of education within subsection (3),
(b)it provides for the facilities connected with the provision of education under the arrangement to be provided—
(i)in part, at one or more schools maintained by the local education authority which is a party to the arrangement (or where more than one local education authority is a party, by each of them), and
(ii)in part, at one or more Welsh further education institutions conducted by the governing body which is a party to the arrangement (or, where more than one governing body is a party, by each of them),
(c)it is made with the consent of—
(i)the Further Education Funding Council for Wales, and
(ii)the governing body of each school at which, in accordance with the arrangement, facilities are to be provided, and
(d)it is approved by the Secretary of State.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above—
(a)“Welsh further education institution” means an institution which is within the further education sector and is situated in Wales, and
(b)a designated institution shall be treated as conducted by the governing body of the institution.
(3)Education is within this subsection if it is full-time or part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 19.
(4)The following bodies shall exercise their functions with a view to securing that any education provided under a partnership arrangement to which this section applies is provided and funded in accordance with the arrangement—
(a)each local education authority which is a party to the arrangement;
(b)each governing body of an institution (or institutions) within the further education sector which is a party to the arrangement;
(c)the Further Education Funding Council for Wales;
(d)each governing body of a school which consented to the arrangement.
(5)Schedule 5A to this Act shall have effect in relation to partnership arrangements to which this section applies.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 60A inserted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 125(4) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1.