Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

119 Directions: funding of qualifications E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may direct the Chief Executive that financial resources provided by the Chief Executive to a relevant institution or employer must be provided subject to a condition that the institution or employer does not make an excluded payment which can reasonably be said to consist of or come from financial resources received from the Chief Executive.

(2) A direction under subsection (1) relating to a qualification may be made after any course of training or education leading to the qualification has begun.

(3) In this section—

• “an excluded payment” is a payment which —

  (a)

  is in respect of a qualification to which Part 7 applies (see section 130) that is specified or of a description specified in the direction, and

  (b)

  is made to the person who awards that qualification;

• “relevant institution or employer” means an institution or employer who provides or is proposing to provide a course of training or education for persons who are aged 19 or over which leads to a qualification to which Part 7 applies.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 119 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with arts. 9-11)