Schedules

Schedule 12Ofqual and the QCDA: minor and consequential amendments

Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)

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Section 98 (approved qualifications: England) is amended as follows.

2

Before subsection (3) insert—

2B

A qualification may be approved only if—

a

the conditions mentioned in subsection (2C) are satisfied in relation to the qualification, or

b

the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation is consulted before the approval is given.

2C

The conditions are that—

a

the qualification is a regulated qualification within the meaning of Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, and

b

if the qualification is subject to the accreditation requirement (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of that Part), it is accredited under section 139 of that Act.

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