Part I Learning and Skills Council for England
Other functions
15 Plans.
(1)
The Council—
(a)
must make and publish a plan for F1each academic year;
(b)
may make and publish such other plans as it thinks fit.
F2(2)
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(3)
A plan for F3an academic year must be published before the year starts.
(4)
A plan for F4an academic year must include—
(a)
proposals as to how the Council intends to achieve in F5the academic year any objectives which should be achieved in the year in conformity with directions of the Secretary of State or with conditions imposed under section 27;
(b)
the Council’s financial proposals for the year.
F6(5)
In this section “academic year” means—
(a)
the period starting with the 1 April following the date on which section 8 of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 comes into force and ending with the second 31 July following that 1 April;
(b)
each successive period of 12 months.