Welsh Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1667 (W.159)

EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (Listed Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002

Made

25th June 2002

Coming into force

9th July 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 216(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988(1) and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales(2) the National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order is called the Education (Listed Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 9th July 2002.

(2) This Order applies to Wales only.

2.  The bodies that are specified in the Schedule to this Order comprise all those bodies that appear to the National Assembly for Wales to fall within section 216(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988.

3.  The Education (Listed Bodies) Order 1999(3) is revoked in relation to Wales.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(4)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

25th June 2002

Article 2

SCHEDULE

PART IPROVIDERS OF COURSES LEADING TO A DEGREE

PART IIINSTITUTIONS OF A UNIVERSITY

PART IIIPROVIDERS OF COURSES LEADING TO A FOUNDATION DEGREE

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Every university, college or other body that is authorised by Royal Charter or by or under Act of Parliament to grant degrees and every other body for the time being permitted by these bodies to act on their behalf in the granting of degrees, is a recognised body within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (“recognised body”).

Degrees granted by recognised bodies are “recognised awards” and section 214(1) of the Act, which makes it an offence to grant or issue any invitation relating to certain unrecognised degrees and awards, does not apply to them.

This Order lists the name of each body which is not a recognised body but which either—

(a)provides any course which is in preparation for a degree to be granted by such a recognised body and is approved by or on behalf of that body; or

(b)is a constituent college, school, hall or other institution of a university which is such a recognised body.

The Order updates and replaces the list of bodies contained in the Education (Listed Bodies) Order 1999, which is revoked. It adds a new list, at Part III of the Schedule, of institutions offering courses leading only to foundation degrees. (A number of institutions included in Part I offering courses leading to a degree also offer courses leading to a foundation degree.) It omits a number of institutions previously within the list, which have been authorised to award degrees under section 76 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), and under section 48 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37), and are now listed in the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1661(W.157)). It also omits a number of other institutions previously within the list but which are no longer validated by a recognised body, adds a number of institutions which have become listed bodies by virtue of new validation arrangements and incorporates other minor amendments and name changes.

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State under this section were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(3)

S.I. 1999/834. The Education (Listed Bodies) Order 1999 was revoked in relation to England by the Education (Listed Bodies) (England) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3332).

(5)

For Schools, Colleges and Institutes of the University of London which have been permitted by the University to award University of London degrees, see the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1661(W.157)).