2010 No. 2245
Equality

The Equality Act 2010 (General Qualifications Bodies) (Appropriate Regulator and Relevant Qualifications) Regulations 2010

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 96(9)(b), 96(10)(a) and 97(3)(a) of the Equality Act 20101:

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (General Qualifications Bodies) (Appropriate Regulator and Relevant Qualifications) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st October 2010.

(2)

Regulations 3 and 4 apply in relation to England only.

Manner of publishing matters specified under section 96(7) of the Equality Act 20102.

An appropriate regulator2 must publish any matter specified under section 96(7) of the Equality Act 2010 on the regulator’s website.

The appropriate regulator3.

The appropriate regulator in relation to a qualifications body that confers qualifications in England is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation3.

Relevant qualifications4.

Relevant qualifications4 in relation to conferments in England are those qualifications listed in the Schedule.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 4

  • 14–19 Diploma Principal Learning

  • Advanced Extension Awards

  • Cambridge International Certificate

  • Cambridge Pre-University qualification

  • Certificate in Adult Literacy

  • Certificate in Adult Numeracy

  • Entry level certificates in GCSE subjects

  • Extended projects

  • Foundation Projects

  • Free Standing Maths Qualifications

  • Functional Skills

  • General Certificate of Education Advanced level (Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary levels)

  • General Certificate of Secondary Education

  • General National Vocational Qualifications

  • Higher projects

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma

  • Key Skills

  • Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification Core Certificate

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the purposes of section 96 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”). Section 96 of the Act imposes a duty on qualifications bodies not to discriminate in the conferment of relevant qualifications and also imposes a duty on them to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.

Under section 96(7) of the Act an appropriate regulator may specify matters which are not to be subject to the reasonable adjustments duty and regulation 2 provides that any such matters must be published on the regulator’s website.

Regulation 3 prescribes the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) as the appropriate regulator in relation to a qualifications body that confers qualifications in England.

A qualifications body is a body which confers relevant qualifications. Regulation 4 prescribes the relevant qualifications in relation to conferments in England and these are set out in the Schedule.

An impact assessment has not been undertaken as these Regulations will have no impact on business or on the voluntary or public sector.