C1Part IIF1Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales

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Pt. 2 certain functions made exercisable jointly with the Welsh Ministers (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), ss. 113(3)(f), 124(5); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(m)

Main duties

I131 Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.

1

F7Welsh Ministers must secure the provision of proper facilities for—

a

education (other than higher education) suitable to the requirements of persons who are above compulsory school age but have not attained the age of 19,

b

training suitable to the requirements of such persons,

c

organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education, and

d

organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.

2

Facilities are proper if they are—

a

of a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, F16...

b

of a quality adequate to meet those needs F17and

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sufficient to satisfy the entitlements conferred under section 33F

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In performing the duty imposed F8on them by subsection (1) the F9Welsh Ministers must—

a

take account of the places where facilities are provided, the character of facilities and the way they are equipped;

b

take account of the different abilities and aptitudes of different persons;

c

take account of the education and training required in different sectors of employment for employees and potential employees;

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take account of the education and training that is required in order to ensure that employees and potential employees are available who are able to deliver additional learning provision in Welsh;

cd

take account of the education and training that is required in order to ensure that facilities are available for assessing through the medium of Welsh whether persons have additional learning needs;

d

take account of facilities whose provision the F10Welsh Ministers think might reasonably be secured by other persons;

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For the purposes of this section—

a

education includes both full-time and part-time education;

b

training includes both full-time and part-time training;

c

training includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training;

d

higher education is education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the M1Education Reform Act 1988.

I232 Education and training for persons over 19.

1

The F11Welsh Ministers must secure the provision of reasonable facilities for—

a

education (other than higher education) suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of 19,

b

training suitable to the requirements of such persons,

c

organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education, and

d

organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.

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3

In performing the duty imposed F12on them by subsection (1) the F13Welsh Ministers must—

a

take account of the places where facilities are provided, the character of facilities and the way they are equipped;

b

take account of the different abilities and aptitudes of different persons;

c

take account of the education and training required in different sectors of employment for employees and potential employees;

F20cc

take account of the education and training that is required in order to ensure that employees and potential employees are available who are able to deliver additional learning provision in Welsh;

cd

take account of the education and training that is required in order to ensure that facilities are available for assessing through the medium of Welsh whether persons have additional learning needs;

d

take account of facilities whose provision the F14Welsh Ministers think might reasonably be secured by other persons;

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For the purposes of this section—

a

education includes both full-time and part-time education;

b

training includes both full-time and part-time training;

c

training includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training;

d

higher education is education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the M2Education Reform Act 1988.

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References in this Part to post-16 education are to—

a

education falling within section 31(1)(a) or subsection (1)(a) above, and

b

organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education.

7

References in this Part to post-16 training are to—

a

training falling within section 31(1)(b) or subsection (1)(b) above, and

b

organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.

I333 Encouragement of education and training.

The F15Welsh Ministers must—

a

encourage individuals to undergo post-16 education and training;

b

encourage employers to participate in the provision of post-16 education and training;

c

encourage employers to contribute to the costs of post-16 education and training.