Subject to paragraph (2), section 26A of the 2005 Act (equal opportunities: post-16 education bodies etc.)14 has no effect in relation to a college of further education listed in Schedule 2 to this Order until the date on which the college of further education is first either designated as a regional college by order made under section 7A of the 2005 Act (regional colleges)15 or assigned to a regional strategic body by order made under section 7C of the 2005 Act (assignation of colleges)16.

This article ceases to have effect from the date on which paragraph 8(6) of the schedule to the Act comes into force for the purpose of inserting section 7D(7) to (9) into the 2005 Act.