PART 1COLLABORATION BY EDUCATION BODIES

I15Powers to collaborate

1

An education body has the powers in subsection (2) for the purpose of discharging or facilitating the discharge of—

a

its duty under section 3,

b

its duty under section 33K of the Learning and Skills Act 2000,

c

its duty under F1section 65 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021,

d

the duty of another education body under those provisions.

2

The powers are—

a

to provide financial assistance (whether by way of grant or loan) to any person;

b

to enter into arrangements or agreements with any person;

c

to co-operate with, or facilitate or co-ordinate the activities of, that person;

d

to exercise on behalf of any person any functions of that person (whether alone or jointly);

e

to make arrangements for any of the education body's functions to be carried out with one or more other education bodies, or by one or more other education bodies;

f

to make arrangements for any of the education body's functions to be carried out by joint committees of two or more education bodies;

g

to provide staff, goods, services or accommodation to any person;

h

to share and use information for the purpose of exercising any powers of collaboration.

3

These powers are—

a

without prejudice to any other powers of an education body, and

b

subject to provision made under section 6.