Part IE+W+S Further education

Chapter IIE+W+S Institutions within the further education sector

Designation of institutions for funding by the councilsE+W

29AFirst post-designation instruments and articles of designated institutionsF1...E+W

(1)The first post-designation instrument and articles of government of a designated institution to which section 29 applies must each comply with subsection (3)F2....

(2)The “first post-designation instrument and articles of government” of a designated institution are the first instrument of government and articles of government that the institution has after the designation takes effect.

(3)The instrument must meet one of the following requirements—

(a)the instrument was in force when the designation took effect and is approved for the purposes of this section by the appropriate authority;

(b)the instrument—

(i)is made in pursuance of a power under a regulatory instrument or (where there is no such power) by the governing body of the institution, and

(ii)(in either case) is approved for the purposes of this section by the appropriate authority;

(c)the instrument is made by the appropriate authority by order.

(4)An instrument made by the governing body under subsection (3)(b) or the appropriate authority under subsection (3)(c) may replace wholly or in part an existing regulatory instrument.

(5)Before making an instrument under subsection (3)(c), the appropriate authority must, so far as it appears practicable to do so, consult—

(a)the governing body of the institution, and

(b)where there is power under a regulatory instrument to make the instrument, and that power is exercisable by persons other than the governing body of the institution, the persons by whom the power is exercisable.

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(7)In this section “the appropriate authority”—

(a)in relation to an institution in England, means the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to an institution in Wales, means the Welsh Ministers.

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