Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21)

Part 4 Miscellaneous and general

Chapter 1 Cheating services provided for post-16 students at English institutions

30 Interpretation of Chapter

In this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings—

• “assignment” includes an examination and any piece of work;

• “examination” includes any form of assessment;

• “permitted assistance”, in relation to a relevant assignment, has the meaning given by section 26(8);

• “personally”, in relation to an assignment that is a relevant assignment, has the extended meaning given by section 26(8);

• “post-16 institution” means—

  (a)

  a higher education provider, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (see section 83(1) of that Act);

  (b)

  an institution within the further education sector, within the meaning of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (see section 91(3) of that Act);

  (c)

  a 16 to 19 Academy;

  (d)

  any other institution or person, other than a school, that is principally concerned with the provision of education or training suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age;

• “regulated qualification” means a qualification regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation;

• “relevant assignment” has the meaning given by section 26(7);

• “relevant course” means—

  (a)

  a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988, or

  (b)

  a course—

  (i)

  providing education or training in preparation for an examination relating to a regulated qualification, or

  (ii)

  which a person is required to complete in order to obtain a regulated qualification;

• “relevant service” has the meaning given by section 26(2);

• “school” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996;

• “sixth form” means a school, or part of a school, that is principally concerned with the provision of full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age;

• “student” has the meaning given by section 26(6).