The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 667 (W.59)

EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009

Made

12 March 2009

Coming into force

6 April 2009

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 216(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988(1) and now vested in them(2), make the following Order:

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009 and it comes into force on 6 April 2009.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Amendment to the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007

2.—(1) The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007(3) is amended as follows.

3.  In the Schedule—

(a) omit—

(i) “Henley Management College”; and

(ii) “University of Paisley”.

(b) for—

(i) “Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College”, substitute “Buckinghamshire New University”;

(ii) “University of Central England in Birmingham”, substitute “Birmingham City University”;

(iii) “College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, The” substitute “University College Plymouth, St. Mark and St. John”;

(iv) “University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester” substitute “University for the Creative Arts”;

(v) “Newman College of Higher Education, Birmingham”, substitute “Newman University College”.

4.  In the Schedule, insert in the appropriate place—

(a) “Arts Institute at Bournemouth, The”;

(b) “Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust (also known as “Ashridge”)”;

(c) “University College Birmingham”;

(d) “Glyndŵ r University (Prifysgol Glyndŵ r)”;

(e) “Norwich University College of the Arts”;

(f) “Swansea Metropolitan University (Prifysgol Fetropolitan Abertawe)”;

(g) “Trinity University College (Coleg Prifysgol y Drindod)”

(h) “UHI Millennium Institute”; and

(i) “University of the West of Scotland”.

Jane Hutt

Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers.

12 March 2009

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) lists all the bodies appearing to the Welsh Ministers to be recognised bodies within section 214 (2) (a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”). Such bodies are either:

(a) universities, colleges or bodies authorised by Royal Charter or by or under an Act of Parliament to grant degrees; or

(b) bodies which are for the time being permitted by any body falling within paragraph (a) to act on its behalf in the granting of degrees.

The Order amends the 2007 Order and updates the list of bodies contained in the schedule to that Order. A number of bodies are omitted from the Schedule as they no longer have degree awarding powers or have merged with other bodies. A number of new bodies have been inserted into the Schedule as these bodies now appear to the Welsh Ministers to fall within either (a) or (b) above. A number of minor amendments have also been made to the Schedule to take account of name changes since the 2007 Order was made.

(1)

1988 c. 40.

(2)

By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and paragraph 30(1) and (2)(a) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

(3)

S.I. 2007/2795 (W.235).