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Qualifications Wales Act 2015

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Recognition criteria

5Duty to set general recognition criteria

(1)Qualifications Wales must set and publish criteria for recognition (“general recognition criteria”) to be applied by it for the purposes of section 8 (general recognition of an awarding body).

(2)The general recognition criteria may make different provision fordifferent descriptions of awarding body.

6Power to set qualification specific recognition criteria

(1)Qualifications Wales may set and publish criteria for recognition (“qualification specific recognition criteria”) to be applied by it for the purposes of section 9 (qualification specific recognition of an awarding body).

(2)The criteria may make different provision for—

(a)different descriptions of awarding body;

(b)different qualifications or different descriptions of qualification.

7Revision of general and qualification specific recognition criteria

(1)Qualifications Wales may revise—

(a)the general recognition criteria;

(b)the qualification specific recognition criteria.

(2)If Qualifications Wales revises the criteria, it must—

(a)publish the criteria as revised, and

(b)specify when the revisions are to come into effect.

(3)The date specified under subsection (2)(b) must not precede the date on which the revised criteria are published.

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