Part 7Post-16 education and training
The Chief Executive of Skills Funding
73Functions of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding
(1)
Part 4 of ASCLA 2009 (the Chief Executive of Skills Funding) is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 88 (learning aims for persons aged 19 or over: payment of tuition fees)—
(a)
in subsection (1), for “paragraph 1” substitute “
paragraph 1(a) or (b)
”
;
(b)
“(2A)
Functions under this Part must be exercised by the Chief Executive so as to secure that a course of study for a qualification to which paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 5 applies is free to a person falling within subsection (4) if it is provided for the person by virtue of facilities whose provision is secured under section 87.”;
(c)
in subsection (4)(a), for “25” substitute “
24
”
.
(3)
Sections 112 to 114 (Secretary of State's power to specify bodies to formulate strategy for the Chief Executive) are repealed.