Technical and Further Education Act 2017

33 Application of other insolvency law E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations, in consequence of this Chapter or subordinate legislation made under it—

(a) providing for any legislation about insolvency to apply in relation to a further education body (with or without modifications);

(b) amending, or modifying, any legislation about insolvency as it applies in relation to a further education body.

(2) In subsection (1) “legislation about insolvency” includes any legislation that makes provision by reference to anything that is or may be done under any provision of the Insolvency Act 1986, or under any provision of subordinate legislation made under that Act, as applied by this Chapter.

[F1 (2A) Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular provide for any provision of the Insolvency Act 1986 to apply (with or without modifications) in relation to a further education body in connection with the education administration procedure created by this Chapter.

(2B) Nothing in Schedule 3 or 4 limits the provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (2A), and provision made by virtue of that subsection may amend Schedules 3 and 4.]

(3) Regulations under this section that apply, amend or modify a provision of an Act are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

(4) Any other regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.

(5) In this section “legislation” means any provision made by or under an Act passed before or in the same session as this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 33(2A)(2B) inserted (28.6.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 24, 36(2)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 33 in force at 31.1.2019 by S.I. 2018/1161, reg. 3(a)