Part 1Skills and education for work
Chapter 2Technical education qualifications, apprenticeships, etc
Technical education qualifications
I1I211Information sharing in relation to technical education qualifications
1
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 is amended as follows.
2
After section 40AA insert—
40ABSharing of technical education information by or with Ofqual
1
Ofqual may disclose information to a relevant person for the purpose of a relevant function of—
a
Ofqual, or
b
the relevant person.
2
A relevant person may disclose information to Ofqual for the purpose of a relevant function of—
a
Ofqual, or
b
the relevant person.
3
In this section “relevant person” means—
a
the Secretary of State;
b
the OfS;
c
Ofsted;
d
a prescribed person.
4
In this section “relevant function” means—
a
in relation to the Secretary of State, Ofqual, the OfS or Ofsted, a technical education function of that body so far as the function relates to England;
b
in relation to a prescribed person, a prescribed technical education function of that person, so far as the function relates to England.
5
In this section—
“Ofqual”, the “OfS” and “Ofsted” have the same meanings as in section 40AA;
“technical education function” means a function that relates to technical education qualifications approved, or that may be approved, by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education under section A2D3 or A2D5.
3
In the heading of Part 1A, after “Apprenticeships” insert “, Technical Education Qualifications”
.
4
In section 262 (orders and regulations), in subsection (6), after paragraph (aza) insert—
azb
regulations under section 40AB;