SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Abolition of office of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding

PART 2Consequential Amendments

Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)

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The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 is amended as follows.

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In section 54 (duty to give information), in subsection (1)—

a

for “the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “ the Secretary of State ”;

b

for “as the Chief Executive” substitute “ as the Secretary of State ”;

c

for the words from “for the purposes of” to “or (as the case may be)” substitute “ for the purposes of the exercise of any of the functions of the Secretary of State under Part 4 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 or (as the case may be) for the purposes of the exercise of any of the functions of ”.

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Omit section 61A (references to appropriate bodies).

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In section 82 (joint exercise of functions), in subsection (3)(a), omit “the Chief Executive of Skills Funding,”.

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In section 83 (efficiency studies), in the Table inserted by subsection (1B), in the first column, for “The Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “ The Secretary of State ”.