Part 1Apprenticeships, study and training
F1CHAPTER ZA1The Institute for Apprenticeships F3and Technical Education
Words in Pt. 1 inserted (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), ss. 1(2)(a), 47(2); S.I. 2019/61, reg. 2(a)
General duties and functions
ZA2General duties
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So far as relevant, and subject to any notice given by the Secretary of State under subsection (2), in performing its functions the F5Institute must have regard to—
a
the reasonable requirements of industry, commerce, finance, the professions and other employers regarding education and training within the F4Institute's remit;
b
the reasonable requirements of persons who may wish to undertake education and training within the F4Institute's remit;
c
the need to ensure that education and training within the F4Institute's remit is of an appropriate quality;
d
the need to ensure that education and training within the F4Institute's remit represents good value in relation to financial resources provided out of public funds;
e
any information provided to it by any person designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph.
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The F5Institute must perform its functions efficiently and effectively.
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For the purposes of this F7Chapter, education or training is within the F4Institute's remit if the education or training is or may be F6provided—
a
in the course of an approved English apprenticeship,
b
for the purposes of an approved technical education qualification, F9...
c
for the purposes of approved steps towards occupational competence, F8or
d
to enable a person to enter work within a published occupation (whether in the course of training or otherwise).
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Subsection (1) and any notice under subsection (2) do not apply in relation to functions that are—
a
delegated by directions under section ZA4, or
b
conferred by regulations under section ZA5,
unless the directions or regulations provide for them to apply in relation to the functions.
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Where directions or regulations so provide, the directions or regulations—
a
may provide for any education or training to which the functions relate to be treated as within the F4Institute's remit for the purposes of this section;
b
may provide for subsection (1) and any notice under subsection (2) to apply in relation to the functions with such modifications as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
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The Secretary of State must—
a
publish in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit any notice under subsection (2), and
b
lay a copy of it before Parliament.
Pt. 1 Ch. ZA1 inserted (1.4.2017) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), s. 44(5), Sch. 4 para. 2; S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2(a)