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The Equality Act 2010 (General Qualifications Bodies) (Appropriate Regulator and Relevant Qualifications) Regulations 2010

S.I. 2010/2245 · Made 9 September 2010 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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Equality

Made 9th September 2010

Laid before Parliament 10th September 2010

Coming into force 1st October 2010

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 96(9)(b), 96(10)(a) and 97(3)(a) of the Equality Act 2010f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 c. 15. See section 212 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 207(1) of the 2010 Act provides that the power to make regulations is exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, unless there is express provision to the contrary.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Manner of publishing matters specified under section 96(7) of the Equality Act 2010
  3. 3The appropriate regulator
  4. 4Relevant qualifications
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and applicationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (General Qualifications Bodies) (Appropriate Regulator and Relevant Qualifications) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st October 2010.

(2)

Regulations 3 and 4 apply in relation to England only.

2Manner of publishing matters specified under section 96(7) of the Equality Act 2010I1

An appropriate regulatorf1 must publish any matter specified under section 96(7) of the Equality Act 2010 on the regulator’s website.

3The appropriate regulatorI1

The appropriate regulator in relation to a qualifications body that confers qualifications in England is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulationf1.

4Relevant qualificationsI1

Relevant qualificationsf1 in relation to conferments in England are those qualifications listed in the Schedule.

Signature

Nick Gibb

Minister of State

Department for Education

9th September 2010

Schedule 1I1

  • 14–19 Diploma Principal Learning

  • Advanced Extension Awards

  • F1Cambridge IGCSE

  • Cambridge International Certificate

  • Cambridge Pre-University qualification

  • F2...

  • F3...

  • English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

  • Entry level certificates in GCSE subjects

  • Extended projects

  • Foundation Projects

  • Free Standing Maths Qualifications

  • Functional Skills

  • General Certificate of Education Advanced level (Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary levels)

  • General Certificate of Secondary Education

  • F4...

  • Higher projects

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma

  • International GCSEs (level 1/2 certificates)

  • F5...

  • F6...

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the purposes of section 96 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”). Section 96 of the Act imposes a duty on qualifications bodies not to discriminate in the conferment of relevant qualifications and also imposes a duty on them to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.

Under section 96(7) of the Act an appropriate regulator may specify matters which are not to be subject to the reasonable adjustments duty and regulation 2 provides that any such matters must be published on the regulator’s website.

Regulation 3 prescribes the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) as the appropriate regulator in relation to a qualifications body that confers qualifications in England.

A qualifications body is a body which confers relevant qualifications. Regulation 4 prescribes the relevant qualifications in relation to conferments in England and these are set out in the Schedule.

An impact assessment has not been undertaken as these Regulations will have no impact on business or on the voluntary or public sector.