Explanatory note

This Order, made under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (the “1988 Act”), designates The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts as eligible to receive support from funds administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. This institution has been so designated because it appears to the Secretary of State to fall within section 129(2) of the 1988 Act.

Section 129 of the 1988 Act enables the Secretary of State to designate as eligible for support from the Higher Education Funding Council for England any institution which appears to him to fall within section 129(2) of the 1988 Act.

An institution falls within section 129(2) of the 1988 Act if its full-time equivalent enrolment number for courses of higher education exceeds 55 per cent of its total full-time equivalent enrolment number.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.