6U.K.After section 25 of that Act insert—
“25A General duty: post-16 education and training etc.
(1)The Learning and Skills Council for England and the National Council for Education and Training for Wales shall be under a general duty to secure that the facilities falling within subsection (2) and any ancillary benefits or services are provided without sex discrimination.
(2)Facilities falling within this subsection are facilities for—
(a)education,
(b)training, and
(c)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education or training,
the provision of which is secured by the Learning and Skills Council for England or the National Council for Education and Training for Wales.
(3)The provisions of sections 25 and 47 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 shall be the only sanction for breach of the general duty in subsection (1), but without prejudice to the enforcement of section 23A under section 66 or otherwise (where the breach is also a contravention of that section).”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 6 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. 6 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