The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010

Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)

25.—(1) Section 83 (efficiency studies) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) A person listed in an entry in column 1 of the table in subsection (1B) may arrange for efficiency studies to be promoted or carried out by any person in respect of an institution listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

(1A) “Efficiency studies” are studies designed to improve economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the management or operations of an institution.

(1B) The table referred to in subsection (1) is—

Person	Institution
The Welsh Ministers	An institution in Wales within the further education sector.
The Chief Executive of Skills Funding	An institution in England within the further education sector, other than a sixth form college
The YPLA	A sixth form college
A higher education funding council	An institution within the higher education sector.”

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “such studies” substitute “efficiency studies”;

(b) for the words from “request” to “funding council” substitute “request of a person listed in an entry in column 1 of the table in subsection (1B)”.