SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Amendments

Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40)

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In section 124 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (powers of higher education corporations)—

a

in subsection (2)(b) omit the words “, as defined by section 15(6) and (7) of the Education Act 1996”,

b

in subsection (2) for paragraph (f) substitute—

f

to subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares in or securities of a company for the purpose of carrying on any such activities;

and

c

at the end insert—

5

For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) a person has a learning difficulty if—

a

he has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of his age, or

b

he has a disability which either prevents or hinders him from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions within the higher education sector for persons of his age.

6

But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in his home.