Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)

Part I E+W Learning and Skills Council for England

Main duties E+W

[F1 4C Sections 4A and 4B: supplementary E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to circumstances in which—

(a) despite having a specified qualification, a person is to be treated for the purposes of section 4A or 4B as not having that qualification;

(b) despite not having a specified qualification, a person is to be treated for any of those purposes as having that qualification.

(2) A condition specified in regulations under section 4A or 4B may, in particular, relate to—

(a) the possession, or lack, of a specified qualification;

(b) the completion of, or failure to complete, a course for a specified qualification.

(3) A reference in subsection (1) or (2) to a specified qualification is to a qualification specified, or of a description specified, in the regulations.

(4) Regulations under this section, or under section 4A or 4B, may confer a function (which may relate to the administration of an assessment and may include the exercise of a discretion) on a person specified, or of a description specified, in the regulations.

(5) Part 2 of Schedule 1A makes further provision for the purposes of sections 4A and 4B.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 4A-4C inserted (19.6.2009 for specified purposes, 1.8.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 86(3), 173(4); S.I. 2009/1513, art. 2(1); S.I. 2009/1606, art. 2