PART 1General

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the West of England Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) Part 2 of this Order applies only in relation to the provision of education or training in an academic year beginning on or after 1st August 2019.

(3) In paragraph (2), “academic year” means a period beginning with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 2009 Act” means the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009(1);

“adult detention” has the meaning given by section 121(4)(2) of the 2009 Act;

“apprenticeships training” has the meaning given by section 83(5)(3) of the 2009 Act;

“the Area” means the area of the Combined Authority; and

“the Combined Authority” means the West of England Combined Authority, a body corporate established under the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017(4).

(2)

Section 121 was amended by paragraph 30 of Schedule 1 to the Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c.19); paragraph 22 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, and paragraph 27 of Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Deregulation Act 2015 (c.20); and by paragraph 8 of Schedule 18 to the Education Act 2011 (c.21).

(3)

Section 83 was amended by paragraph 14 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, and paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20); by paragraph 89 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6); and by paragraph 5 of Schedule 18 to the Education Act 2011 (c.21).