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Part IIE+W [F1Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 2 certain functions made exercisable jointly with the Welsh Ministers (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), ss. 113(3)(f), 124(5); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(m)

Main dutiesE+W

32 Education and training for persons over 19.E+W

(1)The [F2Welsh Ministers] must secure the provision of reasonable facilities for—

(a)education (other than higher education) suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of 19,

(b)training suitable to the requirements of such persons,

(c)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education, and

(d)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)In performing the duty imposed [F4on them] by subsection (1) the [F5Welsh Ministers] must—

(a)take account of the places where facilities are provided, the character of facilities and the way they are equipped;

(b)take account of the different abilities and aptitudes of different persons;

(c)take account of the education and training required in different sectors of employment for employees and potential employees;

(d)take account of facilities whose provision the [F6Welsh Ministers think] might reasonably be secured by other persons;

F7(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)For the purposes of this section—

(a)education includes both full-time and part-time education;

(b)training includes both full-time and part-time training;

(c)training includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training;

(d)higher education is education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the M1Education Reform Act 1988.

(6)References in this Part to post-16 education are to—

(a)education falling within section 31(1)(a) or subsection (1)(a) above, and

(b)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education.

(7)References in this Part to post-16 training are to—

(a)training falling within section 31(1)(b) or subsection (1)(b) above, and

(b)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1 S. 32 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 32 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1274 , art. 2 , Sch. Pt. I

Marginal Citations