Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 E+W Higher education corporations in England

Education Reform Act 1988 E+W

6 E+W Before section 124 insert—

“123A Principal powers of a higher education corporation in England

(1) A higher education corporation in England has power—

(a) to provide higher education;

(b) to provide further education;

(c) to provide secondary education suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of 14 years;

(d) to provide education which is secondary education by virtue of section 2(2B) of the Education Act 1996 (definition of secondary education);

(e) to participate in the provision of secondary education at a school; and

(f) to carry out research and to publish the results of the research or any other material arising out of or connected with it in such manner as the corporation think fit.

(2) A higher education corporation in England may not provide education of a kind specified in subsection (1)(c) or (d) unless they have consulted such local authorities as they consider appropriate.

123B Supplementary powers of a higher education corporation in England

(1) A higher education corporation in England has power to do anything which appears to the corporation to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of any of their principal powers.

(2) The corporation's “principal powers” are the powers conferred by section 123A(1).”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 6 in force at 1.8.2019 by S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)