{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/skills-and-post-16-education-act-2022/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/21",
  "legislation_title": "Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/skills-and-post-16-education-act-2022",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Functions of the Institute: availability of qualifications outside England",
  "text": "In the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, after section A2IA insert—\n“Availability of approved technical education qualifications outside England\nA2IB The Institute may provide advice and assistance, or take other steps that it considers appropriate, for the purpose of enabling approved technical education qualifications to be made available to be obtained by persons outside England.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 36(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 30.9.2022 by S.I. 2022/965, reg. 3(3) (with regs. 4, 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/21/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:05.169498+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."
}