This Statutory Instrument has been amended by S.I.1992/3057 (C.65) which is reprinted overleaf as pages 9 and 10 and is issued free of charge to all known recipients of S.I.1992/831 (C.31)

1992 No. 831 (C.31)

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1992

Made

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 89(4) and section 94(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 19921, the Secretary of State for Education and Science hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1992.

2

The provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (“the Act”) specified in column 1 of Schedules 1 to 4 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 thereof) shall come into force on the date specified in relation to each Schedule in the following table—

Schedule 1

6th May 1992

Schedule 2

30th September 1992

Schedule 3

1st April 1993

Schedule 4

1st August 1993.

3

Paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall come into force on 1st September 1992 so far as it relates to institutions within the PCFC funding sector and otherwise on 1st April 1993, but this article does not extend to Wales.

4

Notwithstanding the coming into force on 6th May 1992 of paragraphs 61 to 65 of Schedule 8 to the Act2 paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the Education Reform Act 19883 shall continue to have effect in relation to any matter notified to the Secretary of State by the Education Assets Board prior to that date pursuant to that paragraph.

5

For the purposes only of ascertaining under section 48(4)(b) of the Act whether a pay and conditions order would have had effect in relation to a person, no account shall be taken in determining the meaning of “secondary education” in the definition of “school teacher” in section 5 of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 19914 of the amendments by the Act to the definitions of “secondary education” and “further education” in the Education Act 19445.

Kenneth ClarkeSecretary of State for Education and Science

SCHEDULE 1Provisions coming into force on 6th May 1992.

Provisions of the Act

Subject matter of the provisions

Section 1

The Further Education Funding Councils

Section 5(5), (6), (7) and (8)

Administration of funds by councils

Section 6(2), (3) and (4)

Administration of funds: supplementary

Section 7

Grants to councils

Section 8

Supplementary functions

Section 14(1) to (4) for the purposes of the provisions specified in this Schedule

Meaning of “further education” and “secondary education”

Section 15(1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7)

Initial incorporation of existing institutions

Section 17

“Further education corporation” and “operative date”

Section 28

Designation of institutions

Section 29

Government and conduct of designated institutions

Section 30

Special provision for voluntary aided sixth form colleges

Section 31

Designated institutions conducted by companies

Section 32

Transfer of property, etc. to designated institutions

Section 33

Provisions supplementary to section 32

Section 39

Control of disposals of land

Section 40

Wrongful disposals of land

Section 41

Control of contracts

Section 42

Wrongful contracts

Section 43

Remuneration of employees

Section 54(1)

Duty to give information to the Further Education Funding Councils

Section 56

Directions

Section 57(3) to (6) so far as it applies to the Further Education Funding Councils

Intervention in the event of breach of duty

Section 59(3), (4) and (5)

Reorganisations, affecting provision for further education, of schools

Section 61

Interpretation of Part I

Section 62

The Higher Education Funding Councils

Section 64

Transitional arrangements

Section 67(2) to (5)

Payments in respect of persons employed in provision of higher or further education

Section 68

Grants to councils

Section 69

Supplementary functions

Section 70

Assessment of quality of education provided by institutions

Section 71

Higher education corporations: constitution and conduct

Section 72

Further power of designation

Section 73

Government and conduct of designated institutions

Section 75

Variation of trust deeds

Section 76

Power to award degrees, etc.

Section 77

Use of “university” in title of institution

Section 78

Financial years of higher education corporations

Section 79

Duty to give information to the funding councils

Section 80

Dissolution of Council for National Academic Awards

Section 81

Directions

Section 82

Joint exercise of functions

Section 83

Efficiency studies

Section 84

Effect of agreements made before date of transfer

Section 86

Temporary exclusion of section 5 of Data Protection Act 1984 in relation to data transferred to new bodies

Section 88

Stamp Duty

Section 89

Orders, regulations and directions

Section 90

Interpretation

Section 91

Interpretation of Education Acts

Section 92

Index

Section 94

Short title, commencement, etc

Schedule 1

The Further and Higher Education Funding Councils

Schedule 3

Calculation of enrolment numbers

Schedule 6

New Schedule 7A to the Education Reform Act 1988

Paragraphs 1, 9, 13(1) and (2)(a) but only in relation to references to “further education” in provisions of the Act as they are brought into force, 18, 27, 31, 32(b), 34, 36(a), 37(b), 38, 43, 48, 50 (so far as it relates to section 219(2)(e) of the Education Reform Act 1988 only), 51, 54, 56(b) and (c), 59, 61 to 65, 68, 75, 76, 78, 79, 84, 85, 87, 88 and 93(b) of Schedule 8, and section 93(1) so far as it relates to those provisions.

Minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 9 so far as it relates to the repeals of the following provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988: sections 122(2) to (5), section 129(3) and (4), section 136(3) to (7), in section 137(2) “or 129(3)”, section 156 (so far as it relates to institutions designated under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988), 219(2)(e), 227(2) to (4), in section 232(3) “or 227”, in section 232(4)(b) “227”, paragraph 19 of Schedule 7, and section 93(2) so far as it relates to those provisions.

Repeals

SCHEDULE 2Provisions coming into force on 30th September 1992

Provisions of the Act

Subject matter of the provisions

Section 5(3)

Administration of funds by councils

Section 6(5) and (6)

Administration of funds: supplementary

Section 14(1) to (4) for the purposes of the provisions specified in this Schedule

Meaning of “further education” and “secondary education”

Section 15(4)

Initial incorporation of existing institutions

Section 16

Orders incorporating further institutions

Section 18

Principal powers of a further education corporation

Section 19

Supplementary powers of a further education corporation

Section 20

Constitution of corporation and conduct of the institution

Section 21

Initial instruments and articles

Section 22

Subsequent instruments and articles

Section 23

Transfer of property, etc.: institutions maintained by local education authorities

Section 24

Provisions supplementary to section 23

Section 25

Transfer of property, etc.: grant-maintained schools

Section 26

Transfer of staff to further education corporations

Section 27

Dissolution of further education corporations

Section 36

General provisions about transfers under Chapter II

Section 51

Publication of proposals

Section 53

Inspection of accounts

Section 58

Reorganisations of schools involving establishment of further education corporations

Section 59(1) and (2)

Reorganisations, affecting provision for further education, of schools

Section 87

Transfers of property, etc.: supplementary provision

Schedule 2

Courses of further education

Schedule 4

Instruments and articles of government for further education corporations

Schedule 5

Identification and apportionment, etc. of property

Schedule 7

Transfer: Supplementary Provisions

Paragraphs 21, 69 and 89 of Schedule 8 and section 93(1) so far as it relates to those provisions

Minor and consequential amendments

SCHEDULE 3Provisions coming into force on 1st April 1993.

Provisions of the Act

Subject matter of the provisions

Section 2

Full-time education for 16—18 year-olds

Section 3

Part-time education and full-time education for those over 18

Section 4

Persons with learning difficultites

Section 5(1), (2) and (4)

Administration of funds by councils

Section 6(1)

Administration of funds: supplementary

Section 9 except for subsection (4)

Assessment of quality of education provided in institutions

Section 10

Functions of local education authorities in respect of secondary education

Section 11

Functions of local education authorities in respect of further education

Section 14(1) to (5) so far as not already in force

Meaning of “further education”, “secondary education” and “school”

Section 34

Making additional property available for use

Section 35

Voluntary transfers of staff in connection with section 34

Section 37

Attribution of surpluses and deficits

Section 38

Payments by council in respect of loan liabilities

Section 44 only in respect of institutions which before they became institutions within the further education sector were schools maintained by a local education authority or grant-maintained schools

Collective worship

Section 45 only in respect of institutions which before they became institutions within the further education sector were schools maintained by a local education authority or grant-maintained schools

Religious education

Section 46

Variation of trust deeds

Section 47

Transfer of higher education institutions to further education sector

Section 48

Statutory conditions of employment

Section 49

Avoidance of certain contractual terms

Section 50

Information with respect to institutions within the further education sector

Section 52

Duty to provide for named individuals

Section 54(2)

Duty to give information to local education authorities

Section 55(1) to (3) (as respects England only), (4) to (6) and (7)(a) and (c)

Inspection of local education authority institutions, other than schools, and advice to the Secretary of State

Section 57 (so far as not already in force)

Intervention in the event of mismanagement or breach of duty

Section 60

Saving as to persons detained by order of a court

Section 63

Dissolution of existing councils

Section 65

Administration of funds by councils

Section 66

Administration of funds: supplementary

Section 67(1)

Payments in respect of persons employed in provision of higher or further education

Section 74

Transfer of further education institutions to higher education sector

Section 85

Finance and government of locally funded further and higher education

Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 so far as not already in force and except for sub-paragraph (2)(d), 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 (but the amendments by sub-paragraph (a) shall not have effect in relation to provision for further education made by a local education authority before 1st April 1993), 25, 26, 28, 30, 32(a), 33, 35, 36(b), 37(a), 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50 (so far as not already in force), 52, 53, 55, 56(a), 57, 58, 60, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 90, 91, 92, 93(a), 94 and 95 of Schedule 8, and section 93(1) so far as it relates to those provisions

Minor and consequential amendments

Section 93(2) and Schedule 9, so far as they relate to the repeals set out in the appendix to this Schedule

Repeals.

APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 3

Chapter

Short title

Extent of repeal

1944 c. 31.

The Education Act 1944.

Section 8(3).

Section 67(4A).

In section 85(2) and (3) “for providing primary or secondary education”.

In section 114(1), the definitions of “part-time senior education” and “post-school age education”.

Section 114(1A), (1B) and (1C).

1948 c. 40.

The Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948.

Section 3(3).

1972 c. 11.

The Superannuation Act 1972.

In Schedule 1 the entries relating to the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council.

1975 c. 24.

The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.

In Part III of Schedule 1 the entries relating to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council and the Universities Funding Council.

1986 c. 61.

The Education (No. 2) Act 1986.

Section 43(5)(c) and, in subsection (7), paragraph (b) and “or authorities maintaining or (as the case may be) assisting the establishment”.

Section 49(3)(d) and (da).

In section 51, in subsection (2)(b) the words from “made” to the end (but this repeal shall not have effect in relation to provision for further education made by a local education authority before 1st April 1993) and subsections (5) and (6).

Section 58(3), (4) and (5)(a) and in subsection (5)(ab) “and are not designated establishments of higher or further education”.

1988 c. 40.

The Education Reform Act 1988.

Section 120(2), (6), (7), (8), (9)(a)(ii) and (9)(b).

Section 124(4).

Sections 131 and 132.

Section 134.

Chapter III of Part II.

Section 156 (so far as still in force).

In section 157 the words “or assisted” in both places in subsection (4) and subsection (5)(b).

Section 158(2)(a)(i) and (iii) and (b).

Section 159(2)(b).

Section 161(1)(c).

Section 205(6).

Section 211(c).

Section 218(10)(b).

Section 219(1)(b), (2)(d) and (3)(c)(ii).

In section 221, subsection (1)(c) and, in subsection (3), the definition of “relevant institution”.

In section 222, subsection (2)(b) and, in subsection (3)(c), “or institutions required to be covered by schemes under section 139 of this Act”.

In section 230, in subsection (1) “section 136(2)” and subsection (3)(c)(ii).

In section 232, in subsection (2) “140(1), 141(6), 145(6), 151(4), 156(10)”.

Section 234(2)(b).

Section 235(2)(a) and (h).

Paragraphs 68, 69(2), 70, 100(2) and 101(4) of Schedule 12.

1990 c. 43.

The Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Section 98(2)(a).

SCHEDULE 4Provisions coming into force on 1st August 1993.

Provisions of the Act

Subject matter of the provisions

Section 12

Provision of further education in maintained schools

Section 13

Provision of further education in grant-maintained schools

Section 14(6)

Meaning of “pupil”

Paragraphs 13(2)(d), 17, 29, 77, 80 and 86 of Schedule 8 and section 93(1) so far as it relates to those provisions.

Minor and consequential amendments.

Section 93(1) and Schedule 9 so far as they relate to the repeal in section 105(2)(b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 of the words “but not the age of nineteen years”.

Repeals

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 specified in the Schedules thereto on the dates specified in the Schedules.

The Higher Education Funding Councils and the Further Education Funding Councils are established on 6th May 1992.

The appointed day for the establishment of further education corporations under section 15 is 30th September 1992.

The new further education sector, which involves the transfer of certain duties regarding the provision of further education from local education authorities to the Further Education Funding Councils, is created on 1st April 1993.

The governing body of a maintained school may decide to provide part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons of any age over compulsory school age and fulltime education suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of nineteen years from 1st August 1993.