Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 49 (with art. 7)
(1)The [F2National Assembly] may secure the provision of financial resources to—
(a)persons providing or proposing to provide post-16 education or training;
(b)persons providing or proposing to provide goods or services in connection with the provision by others of post-16 education or training;
(c)persons receiving or proposing to receive post-16 education or training;
(d)persons providing or proposing to provide courses falling within paragraph 1(g) or (h) of Schedule 6 to the M1Education Reform Act 1988 (courses in preparation for professional examinations at a higher level or providing education at a higher level);
(e)institutions within the further or higher education sector (within the meaning of section 91 of the M2Further and Higher Education Act 1992) which provide or propose to provide secondary education (other than post-16 education);
(f)persons undertaking or proposing to undertake research relating to education or training;
(g)persons providing or proposing to provide facilities designed to form links between (on the one hand) employers and (on the other) persons who provide or receive education or training;
(h)persons carrying out means tests under arrangements made under section 37;
(i)persons providing or proposing to provide information, advice or guidance about education or training or connected matters (including employment).
(2)The [F3National Assembly] may secure the provision of financial resources under subsection (1)—
(a)by providing resources itself;
(b)by making arrangements for the provision of resources by another person;
(c)by making arrangements for the provision of resources by persons jointly (whether or not including the [F3National Assembly]).
(3)In exercising its power under subsection (1)(c) the [F2National Assembly] may secure the provision of financial resources by reference to any fees or charges payable by the person receiving or proposing to receive the education or training or to any other matter (such as transport or childcare).
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 34(1)(3) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 54(a) (with art. 7)
F3Words in s. 34(2) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 54(b) (with art. 7)
Commencement Information
I1S. 34 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 34 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
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(1)If the [F4National Assembly] itself provides financial resources [F5under section 34] it may impose conditions; and the conditions may include any provisions described below.
(2)The conditions may—
(a)require the [F6National Assembly] or a person designated by it to be allowed access to a person’s accounts and documents and to be given rights in relation to a person’s computers and associated apparatus and material;
(b)require a person to whom financial resources are provided to give to the [F6National Assembly] information it requests for the purpose of carrying out its functions [F7under this Part] .
(3)The conditions may require a person providing or proposing to provide education or training (the provider) to make arrangements providing for all or any of the following—
(a)for the provider to charge fees by reference to specified criteria;
(b)for the provider to make awards by reference to specified criteria;
(c)for the provider to recover amounts from persons receiving education or training or from employers (or from both);
(d)for amounts to be determined by reference to specified criteria where provision is made under paragraph (c);
(e)for specified exemptions to operate where provision is made under paragraph (c);
(f)for the provider to make provision specified in a report of an assessment conducted under section 140.
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(5)The conditions may—
(a)enable the [F9National Assembly] to require the repayment (in whole or part) of sums paid by the [F9National Assembly] if any of the conditions subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with;
(b)require the payment of interest in respect of any period in which a sum due to the [F9National Assembly] in accordance with any condition is unpaid.
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Textual Amendments
F4Words in s. 35(1) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(a)(i) (with art. 7)
F5Words in s. 35(1) inserted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(a)(ii) (with art. 7)
F6Words in s. 35(2) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(b)(i) (with art. 7)
F7Words in s. 35(2) inserted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(b)(ii) (with art. 7)
F8S. 35(4)(6) repealed (1.9.2002) by 2001 c. 10, ss. 34(8), 42(6), Sch. 9 (with s. 43(13)); S.I. 2002/2217, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. 1
F9Words in s. 35(5) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 55(c) (with art. 7)
Commencement Information
I2S. 35 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 35 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
(1)The [F10National Assembly] may make a grant to a local education authority—
(a)on the condition that the grant be applied as part of the authority’s [F11schools budget] for a financial year, and
(b)with a view to the grant being used for the purposes of, or for purposes connected with, the provision by schools of education suitable to the requirements of persons above compulsory school age.
(2)A grant made under this section may be made on conditions in addition to the condition mentioned in subsection (1)(a) (including conditions of a kind which could be imposed under section 35).
(3)“[F12Schools budget]” has the same meaning as in Part II of the M3School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (framework for maintained schools).
Textual Amendments
F10Words in s. 36(1) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 56 (with art. 7)
F11Words in s. 36(1)(a) substituted (4.12.2003 for W., 6.11.2006 for E.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 125(2) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4); S.I. 2003/2959, regs. 1(1), 5); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/2895, art. 2
F12Words in s. 36(3) substituted (4.12.2003 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 125(3) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4); S.I. 2003/2959, regs. 1(1), 5); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II; S.I. 2006/2895, art. 2
Commencement Information
I3S. 36 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 36 in force for W. at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2001/2705, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
Marginal Citations
(1)The [F13National Assembly] may develop schemes for the assessment of the performance of persons in providing post-16 education and training.
(2)The [F13National Assembly] may take the assessments into account in deciding how to exercise its powers under section 34.
(3)The [F13National Assembly] may—
(a)carry out means tests;
(b)arrange for other persons to carry out means tests.
(4)The [F13National Assembly] may take the results of the tests into account in exercising its power under section 34(1)(c).
Textual Amendments
F13Words in s. 37(1)-(4) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 57 (with art. 7)
Commencement Information
I4S. 37 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 37 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
(1)The [F14National Assembly] may promote—
(a)the holding of accounts which qualify under section 104;
(b)the making of arrangements which qualify under section 105.
F15(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F14Words in s. 38(1) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 58(a) (with art. 7)
F15S. 38(2) omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 58(b) (with art. 7)
Commencement Information
I5S. 38 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 38 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
(1)The [F16National Assembly] may appoint a person to be a member of the governing body of an institution which—
(a)falls within the further education sector (within the meaning given by section 91(3) of the M4Further and Higher Education Act 1992), and
(b)mainly serves the population of Wales.
(2)But no more than two members of the governing body of a given institution may at any given time have been appointed under this section.
Textual Amendments
F16Words in s. 39(1) substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 59 (with art. 7)
Commencement Information
I6S. 39 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 39 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
Marginal Citations