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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Committees (England)

Adult learning committee

3(1)This paragraph applies to the adult learning committee.

(2)The committee must—

(a)investigate the provision of education and training of adults and the provision of financial resources for their education and training;

(b)advise the Council on the provision of such education and training and the provision of such resources.

(3)The committee is to have such other functions relating to the education and training of adults, and such functions relating to their employment, as the Council specifies.

(4)The committee’s members are to be appointed by the Council with the approval of the Secretary of State.

(5)The Secretary of State must appoint one of the members as chairman after seeking the Council’s advice.

(6)In appointing a member the Council and the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who appears to them to understand the needs of adults receiving education or training.

(7)An adult is a person who has attained the age of 19.