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The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency’s Remit Order 2010

S.I. 2010/527 · Made 28 February 2010

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Education, England

Made 28th February 2010

Laid before Parliament 3rd March 2010

Coming into force 1st April 2010

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in exercise of the power conferred by section 178(2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency’s Remit Order 2010 and comes into force on 1st April 2010.

2

For the purposes of Part 8 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, qualifications when taken by a person aged 19 or over are outside the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency’s remit.

Signature

Kevin Brennan

Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

28th February 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that qualifications when they are taken by a person aged 19 or over are outside the remit of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (“QCDA”) for the purposes of Part 8 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. Part 8 of that Act sets out the functions of the QCDA which apply in relation to qualifications within its remit.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.