Explanatory note

This Order brings into force section 9(4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 on 1st April 1993. Paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 to the Act is brought into force on 1st September 1992 so far as it relates to institutions within the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (PCFC) funding sector in Wales, and otherwise in Wales on 1st April 1993.

Section 9(4) provides that Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales shall, if asked to do so by the Further Education Funding Council for Wales, assess the quality of education provided in institutions specified in section 9(4).

Paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 (Minor and Consequential Amendments), already in force in England, by virtue of S.I. 1992/831, provides that Section 77 of the Education Act 1944^f1 (inspection of educational establishments) shall cease to have effect in relation to any institution other than a school.