Part 7Post-16 education and training

The Chief Executive of Skills Funding

73Functions of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding

(1)

Part 4 of ASCLA 2009 (the Chief Executive of Skills Funding) is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 88 (learning aims for persons aged 19 or over: payment of tuition fees)—

(a)

in subsection (1), for “paragraph 1” substitute “paragraph 1(a) or (b)”;

(b)

after subsection (2), insert—

“(2A)

Functions under this Part must be exercised by the Chief Executive so as to secure that a course of study for a qualification to which paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 5 applies is free to a person falling within subsection (4) if it is provided for the person by virtue of facilities whose provision is secured under section 87.”;

(c)

in subsection (4)(a), for “25” substitute “24”.

(3)

Sections 112 to 114 (Secretary of State’s power to specify bodies to formulate strategy for the Chief Executive) are repealed.