Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 2220

The Education (Further Education Institutions Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

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    (3) In the definition of "the document" after the words "regulation 6(2)" there shall be inserted the words "and (2A)".

     4.  - (1) In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below, for the words "academic year"there shall be substituted the words "college year".

    (2) The regulations specified in this paragraph are regulation 2(1) (in the definition of "student"), 2(2), 2(3)(a), 2(4)(a) and (b) and regulation 5(2).

     5. In regulation 5(7), for the words "31st December" and "academic year" there shall be substituted the words "1st March" and "college year" respectively.

     6.  - (1) Regulation 6 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs - 

    " (2) Such information shall be published on or before 1st March in each calendar year in a document ("the document") which contains all the information specified in the Schedule in relation to the college year which immediately precedes the 1st March of the calendar year in question.

    (2A) For the purposes of this regulation the document can be in writing or in a form which is capable of being accessed by means of an electronic retrieval system.".

    (3) For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    " (4) The document shall be published without charge by - 


(a) sending a copy to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment[5] and to any person who requests that a copy be sent to him; and

(b) providing copies to all offices of persons providing services in accordance with arrangements made, or directions given, under section 10 of the Employment and Training Act 1973[6] in any locality in which the institution provides education for the residents of that locality.".

    (4) In paragraph (5) for the words "(4)(c) and (d)" there shall be substituted the words "(4)(b)".

     7. Part III (distribution of information) shall be omitted.

     8.  - (1) The Schedule shall be amended as follows.

    (2) Paragraphs 2(2), 3(2), 4(2), 5(4), 6(4), 7(2), 8(4), 9(2), 10(2) and 11(2) shall be omitted.

    (3) In paragraph 10(1), for the words "Database of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications" there shall be substituted the words "Qualifications Database of the Further Education Funding Council for England[7]".

    (4) In paragraph 11(3), for the words "subparagraphs (1) and (2)" there shall be substituted the words "subparagraph (1)".

Revocation
     9. The Education (Further Education Institutions Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1997[8] are hereby revoked.


Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment

7th September 1998

[2] See the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations".back

[3] 1996 c.56.back

[4] S.I. 1995/2065, amended by S.I. 1997/2173.back

[5] The document should be sent to the Department for Education and Employment, Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.back

[6] 1973 c.50. Section 10 was substituted by section 45 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c.19).back

[7] A copy of the Further Education Funding Council for England's qualifications database will be provided to institutions within the further education sector.back

[8] S.I. 1997/2173.back