The Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016 (Amendment) Order 2022

Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 956

Education, England

The Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016 (Amendment) Order 2022

Made

9th September 2022

Coming into force

13th September 2022

The Office for Students, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017(1), makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016 (Amendment) Order 2022 and shall come into force on 13th September 2022.

Variation of Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016

2.—(1) The Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016 is varied in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).

(2) For article 2, substitute—

“2.   Blackpool and The Fylde College shall be competent to grant awards of the kind mentioned in paragraph 2A of section 76 of the said Act for an indefinite period beginning on 13th September 2016.”.

(3) Omit articles 3 and 4.

(4) After article 2, insert the following entry—

“3.   Blackpool and The Fylde College shall be competent to grant up to and including bachelor’s degree awards of the kind mentioned in section 42(2)(c) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 for a fixed term beginning 13th September 2022 and expiring on 12th December 2025.”.

David Smy

Director of Monitoring and Intervention

For the Office for Students

9th September 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under section 45(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, provides for a variation of the Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016, so that Blackpool and The Fylde College’s existing Degree Awarding Powers authorisation remains valid for an indefinite period. This Order also removes the restrictions stated in articles 3 and 4 of the Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde College) Order of Council 2016 so that Blackpool and The Fylde College may now authorise other institutions to grant awards on its behalf and so that Blackpool and The Fylde College may grant awards to persons who were not enrolled at the institution at the time they completed the course of study for which the award is granted. This Order authorises Blackpool and The Fylde College to grant awards up to and including bachelor’s degree awards for a three-year and three-month fixed term expiring 12th December 2025. This Order will come into force on 13th September 2022.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses and civil society organisations. The instrument has no impact on the public sector.

(1)

2017 c. 29.