Education Act 2011 Explanatory Notes

Education Act 2011

2011 CHAPTER 21

Commentary on Sections

Part 4: Qualifications and the Curriculum

Qualifications: Wales

Section 24: Enforcement powers of Welsh Ministers

146. Section 24 amends Chapter 2 of Part 5 of EA 1997 which is concerned with functions of the Welsh Ministers in relation to qualifications. The amendments to sections in that Chapter, and the new sections inserted there, would make the same alteration of and addition to the powers of the Welsh Ministers (as the regulator of qualifications in Wales) as are made to the powers of Ofqual by section 23 of this Act.