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The Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/70 · Made 28 January 2020

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Education

Made 28th January 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 118(6) of the Digital Economy Act 2017f1

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Footnotes

f1

2017 c. 30.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement of section 114 of the Digital Economy Act 2017
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2020.

2Commencement of section 114 of the Digital Economy Act 2017

Section 114 (qualifications relating to information technology: payment of tuition fees) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 comes into force on 1st August 2020.

Signature

Michelle Donelan

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Education

28th January 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force section 114 (qualifications relating to information technology: payment of tuition fees) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30) on 1st August 2020.

Section 114 amends section 88(1) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22). The amended Act requires the Secretary of State to ensure that specified qualifications in information technology are free of charge, and provide facilities, for a person aged 19 or over, who does not already have the qualification in question or a comparable or higher level qualification, and who satisfies any conditions as may be specified in Regulations.