Paragraph 1 I1

England and Wales

(1)

the Joint Council for Qualifications;

(2)

the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills;

(3)

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales^f1;

(4)

the F1Office for Students;

(5)

F2the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;

(6)

a relevant local authority;

(7)

the governing body or proprietor of the relevant school;

(8)

where a school is designated under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 as having a religious character—

(a)

in the case of a school designated as Church of England or Roman Catholic, the appropriate diocesan authority;

(b)

in the case of a school designated as Jewish, the Jewish Studies Education Inspection Service;

(c)

in the case of a school designated as Methodist, the Education Secretary to the Methodist Church;

(d)

in the case of a school designated as Muslim, the Association of Muslim Schools;

(e)

in the case of a school designated as Sikh, the Network of Sikh Organisations; or

(f)

in the case of a school designated as Seventh Day Adventist, the Education Department of the British Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists;

(9)

the States of Guernsey Education Department;

(10)

the States of Jersey Education Department;

(11)

the Isle of Man Department of Education;

(12)

the Welsh Ministers;

(13)

the Student Loans Company Limited^f2;

(14)

the University and Colleges Admissions Service^f3;

(15)

the Higher Education Statistics Agency^f4;

(16)

any body which is recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation under section 132 of the 2009 Act in respect of the award or authentication of a specified qualification or description of qualification to which Part 7 of that Act applies;

(17)

the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation;

(18)

the Further Education Commissioner; F3...

(19)

the Sixth-Form Commissioner F4; and

(20)

Qualifications Wales.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(4) substituted (1.8.2019) by The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1027), regs. 1, 38
F2: Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(5) substituted (1.8.2024) by The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/803), regs. 1(2), 10(2)
F3: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(18) revoked (1.5.2016) by The Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/236), regs. 1, 20(a)
F4: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(20) and word added (1.5.2016) by The Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/236), regs. 1, 20(b)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.9.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales is appointed by Order in Council under section 19 of the Education Act 2005 (c.18).
f2: The Student Loans Company Limited is a company limited by shares registered in England No. 2401034.
f3: The University and Colleges Admissions Service is a company limited by guarantee registered in England No. 2839815.
f4: The Higher Education Statistics Agency is a company limited by guarantee registered in England No. 2766993.