Explanatory note

These Regulations are made as a consequence of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”). Part 7 of the 2009 Act establishes the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and sets out its objectives and general duties. Part 8 of the 2009 Act makes provision for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, established under section 21 of the Education Act 1997, to continue in existence but is to be known instead as the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency and amends its objectives and general duties.

These Regulations make amendments to secondary legislation, in consequence of the coming into force of Part 7 of the 2009 Act, and the consequent amendment to section 30 of the Education Act 1997 by the 2009 Act (Welsh Ministers functions in relation to external vocational and academic qualifications).