SCHEDULE 1QUALIFICATIONS WALES

PART 1ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS WALES

27Supplementary powers

1

Qualifications Wales may do anything that it considers necessary or appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with, its functions.

2

But Qualifications Wales may not, without the approval of the Welsh Ministers—

a

acquire or dispose of land or any other property, for consideration of an amount in excess of the expenditure threshold;

b

borrow or lend money.

3

The expenditure threshold is whatever amount (if any) is specified in a notice given by the Welsh Ministers to Qualifications Wales for the purposes of this paragraph.

4

A notice under paragraph (3)—

a

may specify different thresholds for different kinds of land or other property, and

b

may be varied or revoked by the Welsh Ministers.