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)

a relevant local authority;

(4)

the governing body or proprietor of the relevant school;

(5)

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;

(6)

the Welsh Ministers;

(7)

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;

(8)

the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation;

(9)

the Further Education Commissioner; and

(10)

the Sixth-Form Commissioner.

Annotations

Commencement

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