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Education Act 2002

Section 140: Further education: general

281.This section permits exceptions to the regulations created under sections 136 to 139 and identifies the bodies that may have a function imposed on them under those sections. It also includes a definition of “education” which applies to sections 136-139. This definition includes certain types of training and reflects part of the definition of “further education” in the EA 96.

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