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Education Reform Act 1988, Section 124A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 April 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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- s. 124A(9) words substituted by 2022 asc 1 s. 137(2)
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- s. 120(4A) inserted by 2022 asc 1 Sch. 4 para. 5(2)
- s. 124A(9A)(9B) inserted by 2022 asc 1 s. 137(3)
- s. 125(8)(9) inserted by 2022 asc 1 s. 138(2)
- s. 128(1)(b)(iib) omitted by 2011 c. 21 Sch. 16 para. 8
- s. 128(1)(b)(iia) omitted by 2015 c. 20 Sch. 14 para. 35
- s. 128(1A)-(1C) inserted by 2022 asc 1 s. 139(3)
- s. 128(7)-(10) inserted by 2022 asc 1 s. 139(6)
- s. 232(4ZA)-(4ZC) inserted by 2022 asc 1 s. 138(3)(b)
[F1124A Constitution and conduct of [F2higher education corporations in Wales].E+W
(1)For each higher education corporation [F3in Wales] established on or after the appointed day there shall be an instrument (to be known as the instrument of government) providing for the constitution of the corporation and making such other provision as is required under this section.
(2)The initial instrument of government of a higher education corporation [F4in Wales] established on or after that day shall be such as is prescribed by an order of the Privy Council.
(3)An order of the Privy Council may—
(a)make an instrument of government of any higher education corporation [F5in Wales] with respect to which Schedule 7 to this Act has effect or make a new instrument of government of any higher education corporation [F5in Wales] in place of the instrument prescribed under subsection (2) above; or
(b)modify an instrument made in pursuance of this subsection.
(4)An instrument of government of a higher education corporation [F6in Wales]—
(a)shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 7A to this Act; and
(b)may make any provision authorised to be made by that Schedule and such other provision as may be necessary or desirable.
(5)An order under subsection (2) or (3) above may make such provision as appears to the Privy Council necessary or desirable to secure continuity in the government of the institution or institutions to which it relates.
(6)The validity of any proceedings of a higher education corporation [F7in Wales] for which an instrument of government has effect, or of any committee of such a corporation, shall not be affected by a vacancy amongst the members or by any defect in the appointment or nomination of a member.
(7)Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on behalf of a higher education corporation [F8in Wales] for which an instrument of government has effect and to be duly executed under the seal of the corporation, or to be signed or executed by a person authorised by the corporation to act in that behalf, shall be received in evidence and be treated, without further proof, as being so made or issued unless the contrary is shown.
(8)In relation to a higher education corporation [F9in Wales] for which an instrument of government has effect the members of the corporation for the time being shall be known as the board of governors of the institution conducted by the corporation.
(9)The Secretary of State may by order amend or repeal any of paragraphs 3 to 5 and 11 of Schedule 7A to this Act.
(10)In this section and section 124C “the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 94 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 for the commencement of section 71 of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 124A-124D inserted (6.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 71(1); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 1
F2Words in s. 124A heading substituted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(a); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F3Words in s. 124A(1) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F4Words in s. 124A(2) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F5Words in s. 124A(3)(a) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F6Words in s. 124A(4) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F7Words in s. 124A(6) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F8Words in s. 124A(7) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
F9Words in s. 124A(8) inserted (1.8.2019) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 8 para. 9(b); S.I. 2018/1226, reg. 4(o)
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