22(1)Section 19 of that Act (supplementary powers of a further education corporation) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (3) omit “within the meaning of section 4(6) of this Act”.
(3)In subsection (4) after paragraph (b) insert—
“(bb)subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares in or securities of a company,”.
F1(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.”
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 22(4) omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of Further and Higher Education (Governance and Information) (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 1), s. 11(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(b); S.I. 2014/1706, art. 3(h)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 22 wholly in force at 1.4.2001; Sch. 9 in force at Royal Assent as regards any provision (other than a provision mentioned in s. 154(1)(c)) which is consequential upon ss. 130, 131 or Sch. 8; Sch. 9 not otherwise in force at Royal Assent see s. 154(1)(3)-(5); Sch. 9 para. 22 in force at 1.4.2001 (E.) by S.I. 2001/654, art. 2 Sch. Pt. II and (W.) by S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2 Sch. Pt. I