UK Act of Parliament 2022 United Kingdom

Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022

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Enforced by
Ofsted
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 7 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 5 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Skills and education for work

3 of 16 sections shown
s.001 Local skills improvement plans (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Cooperate with employer representative body on local skills improvement plansAny Person
s.003 Removal of designations (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must remove designations on request and publish removal noticesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.005 Institutions in England within the further education sector: local needs (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Review how your education or training meets local needs and publish the reviewAny Person
13 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.002 Designation of employer representative bodies (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Functions of the Institute: oversight etc (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Additional powers to approve technical education qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Functions of the Institute: availability of qualifications outside England (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Technical education qualifications: co-operation between the Institute and Ofqual (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Application of accreditation requirement in relation to technical education qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Information sharing in relation to technical education qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Technical education qualifications: minor and consequential amendments (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Renumbering of provisions relating to technical education qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Information about technical education and training: access to English schools (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Support for lifelong learning (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Lifelong learning: amendment of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (opens in a new tab)
Part 2

Quality of provision

0 of 2 sections shown
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.017 Initial teacher training for further education (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Office for Students: power to assess the quality of higher education by reference to student outcomes (opens in a new tab)
Part 3

Protection for learners

1 of 7 sections shown
s.020 Prohibitions on entering into funding arrangements with providers (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Funding authorities must only fund listed providers and include termination rightsCrown / Minister / Government department
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.019 List of relevant providers (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Funding arrangements: interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.022 Regulations under section 19 or 20 (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Further education in England: intervention (opens in a new tab)
s.024 Further education bodies in education administration: application of other insolvency procedures (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Further education bodies in education administration: transfer schemes (opens in a new tab)
Part 4

Miscellaneous and general

3 of 12 sections shown
s.027 Offence of providing or arranging a relevant service (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Provide or arrange commercial essay-writing services for studentsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.028 Offence of advertising a relevant service (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Advertise a relevant service to studentsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.033 Office for Students: publication and protection from defamation (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OfS must consider student, provider and public interests before publishingStatutory regulator
9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.026 Meaning of “relevant service” and other key expressions (opens in a new tab)
s.029 Offences: bodies corporate and unincorporated associations (opens in a new tab)
s.030 Interpretation of Chapter (opens in a new tab)
s.031 16 to 19 Academy: designation as having a religious character (opens in a new tab)
s.032 Institutions within the further education sector: designation (opens in a new tab)
s.034 Relevant date for purposes of fee limit for certain higher education courses (opens in a new tab)
s.035 Extent (opens in a new tab)
s.036 Commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.037 Short title (opens in a new tab)

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