# Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025, Section 8: Accreditation of technical education qualifications

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 138 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (qualifications subject to Ofqual accreditation) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (1) insert—
“(1ZA) But Ofqual may not make a determination under subsection (1) in relation to a technical education qualification within subsection (1A) unless the Secretary of State has notified it that it may do so.”
(3) In subsection (1A)—
(a) for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “A technical education qualification is within this subsection if—”;
(b) in paragraph (a) for “the qualification” substitute “it”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/14/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/institute-for-apprenticeships-and-technical-education-transfer-of-functions-etc-act-2025/section-8
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