PART 1

COLLABORATION BY EDUCATION BODIES

Powers to collaborate
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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.