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Education Reform Act 1988

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As published

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(1) Alocal authority authority shall no longer be under a duty to secure the provision for their area of facilities for higher education, that is to say, education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) A local authority shall have power— (a) to secure the provision for their area of such facilities for higher education as appear to them to be appropriate for meeting the needs of the population of their area; (b) to secure the provision of higher education for persons from other areas; and (c) to do anything which appears to them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with such provision. (4) In exercising their power under subsection (3)(a) above a local authority shall have regard to any facilities for higher education provided by institutions within the higher education sectoror the further education sector and other bodies which are provided for, or available for use by persons living in, their area. (4A) In exercising its powers under subsection (3) a local authority must have regard to the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research’s strategic plan approved under section 15 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 6 to this Act.

Your change, as a redline

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(1) Alocal authority authority shall no longer be under a duty to secure the provision for their area of facilities for higher education, that is to say, education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) A local authority shall have power— (a) to secure the provision for their area of such facilities for higher education as appear to them to be appropriate for meeting the needs of the population of their area; (b) to secure the provision of higher education for persons from other areas; and (c) to do anything which appears to them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with such provision. (4) In exercising their power under subsection (3)(a) above a local authority shall have regard to any facilities for higher education provided by institutions within the higher education sectoror the further education sector and other bodies which are provided for, or available for use by persons living in, their area. (4A) In exercising its powers under subsection (3) a local authority must have regard to the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research’s strategic plan approved under section 15 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 6 to this Act.

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