2.—(1) Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 3 (meaning of “level 3 qualification”)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)omit “external”, the first time it appears; and
(ii)for “an external qualification” substitute “a qualification”;
(b)in subsection (3)—
(i)for “Qualifications and Curriculum Authority” substitute “Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (in this Part referred to as “Ofqual”)”; and
(ii)for “the Authority” substitute “Ofqual”; and
(c)omit subsection (4).
(3) In section 6 (meaning of “relevant training or education”)—
(a)in subsection (1) for “an accredited qualification” substitute “a regulated qualification”; and
(b)for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) “Regulated qualification” has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (see section 130 of that Act).”.
(4) In section 8 (meaning of “sufficient relevant training or education”)—
(a)in subsection (2)(b) for the words from “an accredited qualification” to the end substitute “a form of a regulated qualification to which that number of hours of guided learning has been assigned.”; and
(b)in subsection (3)—
(i)omit the definition of “accredited qualification”;
(ii)for the definition of “assigned” substitute—
““assigned” means assigned by a recognised body in accordance with section 145 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;”; and
(iii)after the definition of “assigned” insert—
““regulated qualification” has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (see section 130 of that Act).”.