2001 No. 3907 (W.320)
EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales) (Conferment of Function) Order 2001

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 24(3) and 30(1) of the Education Act 19971 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order is called the Education (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales) (Conferment of Function) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 31st December 2001.

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

  • “the 1997 Act” (“Deddf 1997”) means the Education Act 1997; and

  • “ACCAC” (“ACCAC”) means the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales3.

Conferment of function3.

(1)

The function falling within paragraph (gg) of section 24(2) of the 1997 Act is, in relation to qualifications of the kind specified in paragraph (2) below, conferred on ACCAC.

(2)

Those qualifications are all external qualifications except National Vocational Qualifications.

(3)

The function conferred by this article is conferred so as to be exercisable solely by ACCAC.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19984
John Marek
The Deputy Presiding Officer of the Assembly
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confers on the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (“ACCAC”) the function, to be solely exercised by ACCAC, of making arrangements for developing, setting and administering tests which are to be taken with a view to obtaining all external qualifications (excluding National Vocational Qualifications).