Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022

30Interpretation of ChapterE+W

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In this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings—

  • assignment” includes an examination and any piece of work;

  • examination” includes any form of assessment;

  • permitted assistance”, in relation to a relevant assignment, has the meaning given by section 26(8);

  • personally”, in relation to an assignment that is a relevant assignment, has the extended meaning given by section 26(8);

  • post-16 institution” means—

    (a)

    a higher education provider, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (see section 83(1) of that Act);

    (b)

    an institution within the further education sector, within the meaning of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (see section 91(3) of that Act);

    (c)

    a 16 to 19 Academy;

    (d)

    any other institution or person, other than a school, that is principally concerned with the provision of education or training suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age;

  • regulated qualification” means a qualification regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation;

  • relevant assignment” has the meaning given by section 26(7);

  • relevant course” means—

    (a)

    a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988, or

    (b)

    a course—

    (i)

    providing education or training in preparation for an examination relating to a regulated qualification, or

    (ii)

    which a person is required to complete in order to obtain a regulated qualification;

  • relevant service” has the meaning given by section 26(2);

  • school” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996;

  • sixth form” means a school, or part of a school, that is principally concerned with the provision of full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age;

  • student” has the meaning given by section 26(6).

Commencement Information

I1S. 30 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 36(2)