Section 21 Funding arrangements: interpretationI1

This section applies for the interpretation of sections 19, 20 and this section.

In those sections—

• “approved technical education qualification” and “approved steps towards occupational competence” have the same meanings as in section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;

• “combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• “English statutory apprenticeship” has the meaning given by section 40A(3) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;

• “further education” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 2 of that Act);

• “higher education” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996;

• “institution within the further education sector” has the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (see section 91(3) of that Act);

• “local authority in England” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see sections 579(1) and 581 of that Act);

• “post-16 education or training provider” means an institution or person who provides or intends to provide relevant education or training for persons over compulsory school age;

• “registered higher education provider” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (see section 3(10) of that Act);

• “relevant education or training” has the meaning given by section 19(3);

• “relevant provider” has the meaning given by section 19(2);

• “responsible body” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a school or a 16 to 19 Academy, the proprietor (within the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996);

  2. (b)

     in relation to an institution within the further education sector, the governing body (within the meaning given by section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992);

  3. (c)

     in relation to a registered higher education provider, the governing body (within the meaning given by section 85(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017);

• “school” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 4 of that Act).

In the following provisions, references to a provider include references to a person having general control and management of, or legal responsibility and accountability for, a provider—