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72 Further power of designation.E+W
(1)In section 129 of the M1Education Reform Act 1988 (designation of institutions)—
(a)for subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted—
“(1)The Secretary of State may by order designate as an institution eligible to receive support from funds administered by a higher education funding council—
(a)any institution which appears to him to fall within subsection (2) below; and
(b)any institution which is, or is to be, conducted by a successor company to a higher education corporation.
(2)An institution falls within this subsection if its full-time equivalent enrolment number for courses of higher education exceeds 55 per cent. of its total full-time equivalent enrolment number”, and
(b)subsections (3) and (4) of that section are omitted.
(2)An order in force immediately before the commencement of subsection (1) above designating an institution as falling within subsection (3) of that section shall have effect as if made under that section as amended by subsection (1) above.
(3)In this Part of this Act “designated institution” means an institution in relation to which a designation made, or having effect as if made, under section 129 of that Act has effect.
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I1S. 72 wholly in force at 6.5.1992 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 1
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