Education (Wales) Measure 2011

5 Powers to collaborate

(1) An education body has the powers in subsection (2) for the purpose of discharging or facilitating the discharge of—

(a) its duty under section 3,

(b) its duty under section 33K of the Learning and Skills Act 2000,

(c) its duty under section 116J of the Education Act 2002, or

(d) the duty of another education body under those provisions.

(2) The powers are—

(a) to provide financial assistance (whether by way of grant or loan) to any person;

(b) to enter into arrangements or agreements with any person;

(c) to co-operate with, or facilitate or co-ordinate the activities of, that person;

(d) to exercise on behalf of any person any functions of that person (whether alone or jointly);

(e) to make arrangements for any of the education body’s functions to be carried out with one or more other education bodies, or by one or more other education bodies;

(f) to make arrangements for any of the education body’s functions to be carried out by joint committees of two or more education bodies;

(g) to provide staff, goods, services or accommodation to any person;

(h) to share and use information for the purpose of exercising any powers of collaboration.

(3) These powers are—

(a) without prejudice to any other powers of an education body, and

(b) subject to provision made under section 6.