SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Amendments

Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)

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1

Section 19 of that Act (supplementary powers of a further education corporation) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3) omit “within the meaning of section 4(6) of this Act”.

3

In subsection (4) after paragraph (b) insert—

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subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares in or securities of a company,

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5

After subsection (5) insert—

6

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 further education sector for persons of his age.

7

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.