Introductory text

EDUCATION, WALES

Made 25 April 2010

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 29 April 2010

Coming into force 20 May 2010

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 16(1)(a) and 17 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f1 (“the Act”) and now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers^f2.

The Welsh Ministers have published a draft and summary of this Order in accordance with section 51(3)^f3 ^f4 of the Act and the Further Education Corporations (Publication of Draft Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2007^f5.

Accordingly, the Welsh Ministers make the following Order:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 13; section 16 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 was amended by section 140(3) of and Schedule 31 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; by section 111(1) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21); and by section 14 of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c. 25) but at the time of making this Order that provision had not been commenced. Section 17 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 was amended by section 44(1) of and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30); and by section 14 of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 but at the time of making this Order that provision had not been commenced.
f2: The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 16(1)(a) and 17 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
f3: Section 51(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 was amended by article 9(1) of and paragraphs 13 and 21 of Schedule 1 to the National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I.2005/3238 (W.243)); by section 111(2)(a) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000; and by section 16(1) and (3) of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 but at the time of making this Order that provision had not been commenced.
f4: The functions of the Secretary of State under section 51(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.
f5: S.I. 2007/854 (W.78).