(1)Regulations may make provision as to circumstances in which—
(a)despite having a specified qualification, a person is to be treated for the purposes of section 87 or 88 as not having that qualification;
(b)despite not having a specified qualification, a person is to be treated for any of those purposes as having that qualification.
(2)A condition specified in regulations under section 87 or 88 may, in particular, relate to—
(a)the possession, or lack, of a specified qualification;
(b)the completion of, or failure to complete, a course for a specified qualification.
(3)A reference in subsection (1) or (2) to a specified qualification is to a qualification specified, or of a description specified, in the regulations.
(4)Regulations under this section, or under section 87 or 88, may confer a function (which may relate to the administration of an assessment and may include the exercise of a discretion) on a person specified, or of a description specified, in the regulations.
(5)Nothing in section 87 or 88 applies to the provision of facilities, or to courses of study, for persons subject to adult detention.
(6)Part 2 of Schedule 5 makes further provision for the purposes of sections 87 and 88.
Commencement Information
I1S. 89 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with arts. 9-11)