Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 2576
Education, England
The Further Education Institutions (Exemption from Inspection) (England) Regulations 2012
Made
10th October 2012
Laid before Parliament
15th October 2012
Coming into force
5th November 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 125(1A) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Further Education Institutions (Exemption from Inspection) (England) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 5th November 2012.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to institutions in England only.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations “the 2006 Act” means the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
Categories of institution prescribed for the purposes of section 125(1A) of the 2006 Act
3. The categories of institution that are prescribed for the purposes of section 125(1A) of the 2006 Act are—
(a) those falling within section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992( 2 ); and
(b) 16 to 19 Academies( 3 ).
Circumstance prescribed for the purposes of section 125(1A) of the 2006 Act
4. The circumstance prescribed for the purposes of section 125(1A) of the 2006 Act is that the institution was awarded the highest grade for its overall effectiveness in the most recent inspection of that institution under section 125 of the 2006 Act.
Jo Swinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
10th October 2012
2006 c. 40 . Section 125(1A) was inserted by section 42 of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21) .
1992 c. 13 . Section 91(3) was amended by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) , Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 and 13(1) and (2).
Section 1B of the Academies Act 2010 (c. 32) provides that an Academy which meets the requirements of that section is to be known as a 16 to 19 Academy. Section 1B was inserted into the Academies Act 2010 by section 53 of the Education Act 2011.