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<Text>
the reasonable requirements of pupils and children, including persons with
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, in relation to regulated assessment arrangements;
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the reasonable requirements of industry, commerce, finance, the professions and other employers regarding education and training (including required standards of practical competence);</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the reasonable requirements of institutions within the higher education sector;</Text>
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</P3>
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<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>information provided to Ofqual by a person falling within subsection (4);</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
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<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the desirability of facilitating innovation in connection with the provision of regulated qualifications;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/2/h" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/2/h" id="section-129-2-h">
<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the specified purposes of regulated assessment arrangements.</Text>
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</P3>
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</P2>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) the number of regulated qualifications available for award or authentication is appropriate if the number is such that—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>there is a reasonable level of choice for learners, in terms of both the number of different regulated qualifications and the number of different forms of such qualifications, but</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the number of different regulated qualifications in similar subject areas or serving similar functions is not excessive.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/4" id="section-129-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The persons falling within this subsection are—</Text>
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<Pnumber>
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a
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/4/an1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/4/an1" id="section-129-4-an1">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills; </Text>
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</P3>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>such other relevant persons, or relevant persons of such a description, as the Secretary of State may direct. </Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/5" id="section-129-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In subsection (4)(c) “
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” means a person who appears to the Secretary of State to have knowledge of, or expertise in, requirements of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(d).
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</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/6" id="section-129-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In performing its functions Ofqual must also have regard to such aspects of government policy as the Secretary of State may direct.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/7" id="section-129-7">
<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Secretary of State must publish a direction given under subsection (6).</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/8" id="section-129-8">
<Pnumber>8</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Ofqual must perform its functions efficiently and effectively.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/9" id="section-129-9">
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9
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/10" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/10" id="section-129-10">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-ee1fa5c140a48144e12b357076c05d4b"/>
10
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/11" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/11" id="section-129-11">
<Pnumber>11</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-relevant-learner">Relevant learner</Term>
” means a person seeking to obtain, or who may reasonably be expected to seek to obtain, a regulated qualification.
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<Para>
<Text>
S. 129 in force at 1.4.2010 by
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,
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,
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<Para>
<Text>
S. 129(4)(a) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of
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,
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;
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,
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (1.9.2014) by
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,
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;
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,
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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,
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;
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,
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</Text>
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<Para>
<Text>
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omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of
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,
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,
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;
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,
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<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cu6yjmw52-00035" SectionRef="section-129-10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/22/section/129/10">S. 129(10)</CitationSubRef>
omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of
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,
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,
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;
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in s. 129(2)(b) inserted (1.9.2021) by
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,
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<Para>
<Text>
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,
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