Qualifications Wales Act 2015 / Deddf Cymwysterau Cymru 2015
Qualifications Wales Act 2015 / Deddf Cymwysterau Cymru 2015 (2015 anaw 5)
- Qualifications Wales Act 2015 / Deddf Cymwysterau Cymru 2015 (2015 anaw 5)
- PART 1 OVERVIEW
- 1 Overview
- PART 2 ESTABLISHMENT AND PRINCIPAL AIMS OF QUALIFICATIONS WALES
- 2 Establishment of Qualifications Wales
- 3 Principal aims of Qualifications Wales
- PART 3 RECOGNITION OF AWARDING BODIES
- General
- 4 Recognition of awarding bodies
- Recognition criteria
- 5 Duty to set general recognition criteria
- 6 Power to set qualification specific recognition criteria
- 7 Revision of general and qualification specific recognition criteria
- Recognition of awarding bodies
- 8 General recognition of an awarding body
- 9 Qualification specific recognition of an awarding body
- 10 Rules about applications for recognition
- 11 Further provision about recognition
- 12 Recognition: interpretation
- PART 4 PRIORITY QUALIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Priority qualifications
- 13 Duty to prepare list of priority qualifications
- 14 Restricted priority qualifications
- 15 Power to make arrangements for development of restricted priority qualification
- 16 Approval of a restricted priority qualification developed in accordance with section 15 arrangements
- 17 Approval of a restricted priority qualification in the absence of section 15 arrangements
- 18 Approval of unrestricted priority qualifications
- Other qualifications
- 19 Approval of qualifications that are not priority qualifications
- Approval criteria
- 20 Approval criteria
- Power for Welsh Ministers to specify minimum requirements
- 21 Power to specify minimum requirements
- Supplementary provision relevant to all approvals
- 22 Conditions of approval
- 23 Duration of approval
- 24 Rules about applications for approval
- Surrender and withdrawal of approval
- 25 Surrender of approval
- 26 Transitional provision in connection with surrender of approval
- 27 Withdrawal of approval
- 28 Transitional provision in connection with withdrawal of approval
- PART 5 DESIGNATION OF OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
- 29 Designation of other qualifications
- 30 Further provision about section 29 designations
- 31 Transitional provision in connection with section 29 designations
- 32 Revocation of section 29 designations
- 33 Rules about applications for designation
- PART 6 FURTHER PROVISION RELEVANT TO RECOGNITION, APPROVAL AND DESIGNATION
- Funding etc of certain courses
- 34 Restriction on funding and provision of certain courses
- Delineation of roles of Qualifications Wales and Ofqual
- 35 Award in Wales of an approved qualification: restriction on application of conditions imposed by Ofqual
- 36 Restriction on application of conditions imposed by Qualifications Wales
- PART 7 ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF QUALIFICATIONS WALES
- 37 Power to give directions
- 38 Power to impose monetary penalties
- 39 Monetary penalties: appeals
- 40 Monetary penalties: interest
- 41 Costs recovery for imposition of sanctions
- 42 Costs recovery: appeals
- 43 Costs: interest
- 44 Entry and inspection of premises
- PART 8 SUPPLEMENTARY
- Commercial activities
- 45 Provision of services etc by Qualifications Wales
- Review and research
- 46 Review and research
- Subsidiary functions
- 47 Policy statement and statement about consultation
- 48 Complaints
- 49 Charging scheme
- 50 Grants
- 51 Provision of information or advice
- 52 Joint working
- 53 Duty to have regard to government policy and other matters
- 54 Performance of regulatory activities by Qualifications Wales
- PART 9 GENERAL
- 55 Regulations
- 56 Interpretation of references to “qualification”
- 57 General interpretation and index of defined expressions
- 58 Consequential amendments
- 59 Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc
- 60 Coming into force
- 61 Short title and inclusion as one of the Education Acts
- SCHEDULE 1 QUALIFICATIONS WALES
- PART 1 ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS WALES
- Status
- Membership
- The chair and ordinary members
- The chief executive and other staff
- Committees
- Delegation
- Procedure
- Register of interests
- Supplementary powers
- Annual and other reports
- Finance
- Accounts and audit
- Examination of use of resources
- PART 2 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c.36)
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c.10)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c.30)
- Equality Act 2010 (c.15)
- SCHEDULE 2 TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY AND STAFF TO QUALIFICATIONS WALES
- SCHEDULE 3 FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT RECOGNITION OF AWARDING BODIES
- Duration of recognition
- Standard conditions of recognition
- Special conditions to which recognition may be subject
- Fee capping conditions
- Procedure for imposing fee capping conditions
- Review of fee capping conditions
- Revision of fee capping conditions
- Transfer conditions
- Review of decision to give direction
- Surrender of recognition
- Transitional provision in respect of surrender
- Withdrawal of recognition
- Procedure for withdrawal of recognition
- Review of decision to withdraw recognition
- Transitional provision in respect of withdrawal
- SCHEDULE 4 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- Education Act 1996 (c.56)
- Education Act 1997 (c.44)
- Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c.21)
- Education Act 2002 (c.32)
- National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238)
- Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3239)
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32)
- Education and Skills Act 2008 (c.25)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22)
- Education Act 2011 (c.21)
- Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c.6)
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