# Education Act 2002, Section 137: Principals of further education institutions

Extent: E+W

(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.
(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—
(a) is of a kind specified in the regulations, and
(b) is designed to lead to the award of a qualification specified under subsection (1).
(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).
(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.
(4) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the principal of an institution—
(a) pending the appointment of a principal, or
(b) in the absence of the principal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/137 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-137
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