{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-137",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-137.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/32",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002",
  "path": "section/137",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Principals of further education institutions",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution in Wales only if he has a specified qualification.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from serving as the principal of an institution while he is following a course or programme which—\n(a) is of a kind specified in the regulations, and\n(b) is designed to lead to the award of a qualification specified under subsection (1).\n(2A) Regulations under subsection (1) may limit the period of time during which a person may serve as the principal of an institution in reliance on subsection (2).\n(3) A provision of regulations made under subsection (1) by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the principal of an institution in England or Wales ” before the commencement of the provision.\n(4) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the principal of an institution—\n(a) pending the appointment of a principal, or\n(b) in the absence of the principal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 137 ceases to have effect (E.) (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(h), Sch. 15 para. 8(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 137(1) inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(h), Sch. 15 para. 8(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 137(2A) inserted (23.12.2007 for E.) by Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c. 25), ss. 23(2), 32(4); S.I. 2007/3505, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 137(3) substituted (23.12.2007 for E.) by Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c. 25), ss. 23(3)(a), 32(4); S.I. 2007/3505, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 137(3) inserted (23.12.2007 for E.) by Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c. 25), ss. 23(3)(b), 32(4); S.I. 2007/3505, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 137 in force at 1.9.2003 for W. by S.I. 2003/1718, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 137 in force at 6.11.2006 except in relation to W. by S.I. 2006/2895, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/137",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:01.287129+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}