{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992/section-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992/section-16A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/13",
  "legislation_title": "Further and Higher Education Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992",
  "path": "section/16A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Publication of proposals",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate authority may not make an order under section 16(1) or (3) unless the authority has published a draft of the proposed order, or of an order in substantially the same form, by such time and in such manner as may be prescribed.\n(2) A draft proposal or order in respect of an institution which is maintained by a local authority may not be published without the consent of the governing body and the local authority.\n(3) In this section “the appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a proposal or order in respect of an institution in England, the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to a proposal or order in respect of an institution in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16A inserted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 12 para. 2; S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/13/section/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:11.514536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}