Part I

Further education
Chapter II

Institutions within the further education sector

The further education corporations

Principal powers of a further education corporation.
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1
A further education corporation may—
a
provide further and higher education, and
aa
provide secondary education
suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of fourteeen years
,
ab
provide education which is secondary education by virtue of section 2(2B) of the
Education Act 1996 (definition of secondary education),
ac
participate in the provision of secondary education at a school,
b
supply goods or services in connection with their provision of education,
and those powers are referred to in section 19 of this Act as the corporation’s principal powers.
1A
A further education corporation may not provide education of a kind specified in subsection (1)(aa), (ab) or (ac) above unless they have consulted such
local authorities
as they consider appropriate.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1) above, goods are supplied in connection with the provision of education by a further education corporation if they result from—
a
their provision of education or anything done by them under this Act for the purpose of or in connection with their provision of education,
b
the use of their facilities or the expertise of persons employed by them in the fields in which they are so employed, or
c
ideas of a person employed by them, or of one of their students, arising out of their provision of education.
3
For the purposes of that subsection, services are supplied in connection with the provision of education by a further education corporation if—
a
they result from their provision of education or anything done by them under this Act for the purpose of or in connection with their provision of education,
b
they are provided by making available their facilities or the expertise of persons employed by them in the fields in which they are so employed, or
c
they result from ideas of a person employed by them, or of one of their students, arising out of their provision of education.
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S. 18 wholly in force at 30.9.1992 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 2
S. 18(1)(aa)-(ac) substituted for s. 18(1)(aa) (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, s. 142(1)(a); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II (with transitional provisions in art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
1996 c. 56.
Words after s. 18(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, ss. 149, Sch. 9 para. 21(a); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II (with transitional provisions in art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
S. 18(1A) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, s. 142(1)(b); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II (with transitional provisions in art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
S. 18(4)-(6) repealed (28.7.2000 for certain purposes, 1.1.2001 for W., 1.4.2001 and 1.9.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 21, ss. 149, 153, Sch. 9 para. 21(b), Sch. 11; S.I. 2000/3230, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2001/654, art. 2, Sch. Pts. II, III (with transitional provisions in art. 3)
Words in s. 18(1)(aa) substituted (1.10.2002 for E. and 19.12.2002 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 215(1), Sch. 21 para.11; S.I 2002/2439, {art. 3}; S.I. 2002/3185, art. 4
Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)
S. 18(3)(c) modified (W.) (1.9.2013) by The Operation of the Local Curriculum (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1793), regs. 1(1), 3(b)