Further and Higher Education Act 1992

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Further education

   1. I Responsibility for further education

      1. The new funding councils

         1. 1. The Further Education Funding Councils.

      2. The new further education sector

         1. 2. Full-time education for 16 to 18 year-olds.

         2. 3. Part-time education, and full-time education for those over 18.

         3. 4. Persons with learning difficulties.

      3. Finance

         1. 5. Administration of funds by councils.

         2. 6. Administration of funds: supplementary.

         3. 7. Grants to councils.

      4. Further functions

         1. 8. Supplementary functions.

         2. 9. Assessment of quality of education provided by institutions.

      5. Adjustment of local education authority sector

         1. 10. Functions of local education authorities in respect of secondary education.

         2. 11. Functions of local education authorities in respect of further education.

      6. Provision of further education in schools

         1. 12. Provision of further education in maintained schools.

         2. 13. Provision of further education in grant-maintained schools.

      7. General

         1. 14. Meaning of “further education”, “secondary education”, “school” and “pupil”.

   2. II Institutions within the further education sector

      1. The further education corporations

         1. 15. Initial incorporation of existing institutions.

         2. 16. Orders incorporating further institutions.

         3. 17. “Further education corporation” and “operative date”.

         4. 18. Principal powers of a further education corporation.

         5. 19. Supplementary powers of a further education corporation.

         6. 20. Constitution of corporation and conduct of the institution.

         7. 21. Initial instruments and articles.

         8. 22. Subsequent instruments and articles.

      2. Transfer of property, etc., to further education corporations

         1. 23. Transfer of property, etc.: institutions maintained by local education authorities.

         2. 24. Provisions supplementary to section 23.

         3. 25. Transfer of property, etc.: grant-maintained schools.

         4. 26. Transfer of staff to further education corporations.

      3. Dissolution of further education corporations

         1. 27. Dissolution of further education corporations.

      4. Designation of institutions for funding by the councils

         1. 28. Designation of institutions.

         2. 29. Government and conduct of designated institutions.

         3. 30. Special provision for voluntary aided sixth form colleges.

         4. 31. Designated institutions conducted by companies.

         5. 32. Transfer of property, etc., to designated institutions.

         6. 33. Provisions supplementary to section 32.

      5. Property, rights and liabilities: general

         1. 34. Making additional property available for use.

         2. 35. Voluntary transfers of staff in connection with section 34.

         3. 36. General provisions about transfers under Chapter II.

         4. 37. Attribution of surpluses and deficits.

         5. 38. Payments by council in respect of loan liabilities.

         6. 39. Control of disposals of land.

         7. 40. Wrongful disposals of land.

         8. 41. Control of contracts.

         9. 42. Wrongful contracts.

         10. 43. Remuneration of employees.

      6. Miscellaneous

         1. 44. Collective worship.

         2. 45. Religious education.

         3. 46. Variation of trust deeds.

         4. 47. Transfer of higher education institutions to further education sector.

         5. 48. Statutory conditions of employment.

         6. 49. Avoidance of certain contractual terms.

         7. 50. Information with respect to institutions within the further education sector.

         8. 51. Publication of proposals.

         9. 52. Duty to provide for named individuals.

         10. 53. Inspection of accounts.

   3. III General

      1. 54. Duty to give information.

      2. 55. Inspection etc. of local education authority institutions, other than schools, and advice to Secretary of State.

      3. 56. Directions.

      4. 57. Intervention in the event of mismanagement or breach of duty.

      5. 58. Reorganisations of schools involving establishment of further education corporation.

      6. 59. Reorganisations, affecting provision for further education, of schools.

      7. 60. Saving as to persons detained by order of a court.

      8. 61. Interpretation of Part I.

3. Part II Higher education

   1. The new funding councils

      1. 62. The Higher Education Funding Councils.

      2. 63. Dissolution of existing councils.

      3. 64. Transitional arrangements.

   2. Funds

      1. 65. Administration of funds by councils.

      2. 66. Administration of funds: supplementary.

      3. 67. Payments in respect of persons employed in provision of higher or further education.

      4. 68. Grants to councils.

   3. Further functions

      1. 69. Supplementary functions.

      2. 70. Assessment of quality of education provided by institutions.

   4. Institutions in the higher education sector

      1. 71. Higher education corporations: constitution and conduct.

      2. 72. Further power of designation.

      3. 73. Government and conduct of designated institutions.

      4. 74. Transfer of further education institutions to higher education sector.

      5. 75. Variation of trust deeds.

      6. 76. Power to award degrees, etc.

      7. 77. Use of “university” in title of institution.

      8. 78. Financial years of higher education corporations.

   5. General

      1. 79. Duty to give information to the funding councils.

      2. 80. Dissolution of Council for National Academic Awards.

      3. 81. Directions.

4. Part III Miscellaneous and general

   1. 82. Joint exercise of functions.

   2. 83. Efficiency studies.

   3. 84. Effect of agreements made before date of transfer.

   4. 85. Finance and government of locally funded further and higher education.

   5. 86. Temporary exclusion of section 5 of Data Protection Act 1984 in relation to data transferred to new bodies.

   6. 87. Transfers of property, etc: supplementary provision.

   7. 88. Stamp duty.

   8. 89. Orders, regulations and directions.

   9. 90. Interpretation.

   10. 91. Interpretation of Education Acts.

   11. 92. Index.

   12. 93. Amendments and repeals.

   13. 94. Short title, commencement, etc.

5. 1. Schedule 1

      The Further and Higher Education Funding Councils.

   2. Schedule 2

      Courses of Further Education.

   3. Schedule 3

      Calculation of Enrolment Numbers.

   4. Schedule 4

      Instruments and articles of government for further education corporations.

   5. Schedule 5

      Identification and apportionment, etc., of property.

   6. Schedule 6

      New Schedule 7A to the Education Reform Act 1988.

   7. Schedule 7

      Transfers: supplementary provisions.

   8. Schedule 8

      Minor and Consequential Amendments.

      1. Part I Amendments of the Education Acts.

      2. Part II Amendments of other Acts.

   9. Schedule 9

      Repeals.