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Mr Siôn Simon

462

Clause  139,  page  78,  line  40,  after ‘to’ insert ‘the particular form of’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 459.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

463

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  1,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 460. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

464

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  3,  leave out ‘most recently published’ and insert ‘then in

force’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment ensures it is the criteria for assignment of a number of hours of guided learning

which are in force for the time being that are applicable for the purposes of this section. Those

criteria may not come into force immediately when published.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

465

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  5,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 460. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

466

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)	in respect of a qualification which the body has determined is relevant for

those purposes, a number of hours of guided learning to assign to a form

of the qualification.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendment 475 are technical drafting amendments which recognise that

whether a qualification is relevant for 2008 Act purposes is a matter which is to be determined by

the relevant recognised body. This amendment is also consequent on amendments 459 and 462.

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467

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  9,  leave out ‘Ofqual publishes revised criteria’ and insert

‘revised criteria come into force’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment ensures that the duty of a recognised body to review a determination under clause

139 applies when revised criteria for making those determinations come into force (rather than

when they are published).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

468

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  17,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 460. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

469

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  20,  leave out ‘the qualification’ and insert ‘a form of the

qualification awarded or authenticated by the recognised body’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See the Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 459. This amendment is consequent on

that amendment and amendment 462.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

470

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  22,  leave out from ‘having’ to end of line 24 and insert

‘determined to assign that number of hours of guided learning to that form of the

qualification’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment achieves the technical change referred to in the Member’s explanatory statement

for amendment 466. It also ensures that any determination made by Ofqual to assign guided

learning hours to a form of a qualification applies as if made by the relevant recognised body for

all purposes.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

471

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  25,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 460. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment.

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Mr Siôn Simon

472

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  30,  after ‘to’ insert ‘a form of’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 459. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment and amendment 462.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

473

Clause  139,  page  79,  line  33,  after ‘obtain’ insert ‘that form of’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 459. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment and amendment 462.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

474

Clause  140,  page  79,  line  45,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 460. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

475

Clause  140,  page  80,  line  1,  at beginning insert ‘in respect of a qualification which

a recognised body has determined is relevant for those purposes,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 466.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

476

Clause  140,  page  80,  leave out line 2 and insert ‘form of the qualification’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 459. The amendment is consequent on that

amendment and amendment 462.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

477

Clause  140,  page  80,  leave out line 4 and insert ‘qualifications or different descriptions

of qualifications.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 460. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment.

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Mr Siôn Simon

299

Clause  140,  page  80,  line  5,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

225

Clause  140,  page  80,  line  7,  after ‘consult’, insert ‘relevant recognised awarding

bodies and’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

478

Clause  141,  page  80,  line  12,  leave out ‘respect in’ and insert ‘qualifications in

respect of’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 479. This is a drafting amendment

consequent on that amendment.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

479

Clause  141,  page  80,  leave out line 13 and insert—

‘(b)	the forms of those qualifications which are awarded or authenticated

by it,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment ensures that where an awarding body is recognised in respect of a qualification

Ofqual is under a duty to include on the register details of each particular form of the qualification

which the body awards or authenticates.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

480

Clause  141,  page  80,  line  15,  leave out ‘such qualification’ and insert ‘of those

qualifications’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 479. This is a drafting amendment

consequent on that amendment.

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481

Clause  141,  page  80,  line  17,  leave out ‘the qualification’ insert ‘each form of the

qualification awarded or authenticated by it’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 459. This amendment is consequent on that

amendment and amendment 462.

Mr Graham Stuart

531

Clause  142,  page  80,  line  24,  leave out ‘connected or otherwise’ and insert

‘directly and materially’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

8

Clause  144,  page  81,  line  10,  leave out from ‘may’ to end of line 11 and insert—

‘(a)	direct a recognised body to take or refrain from taking specified steps

with a view to securing compliance with the condition, and

(b)	direct a recognised body to set the standards in a specified qualification,

on a specified occasion, at a specified level.’.

Mary Creagh

559

Clause  144,  page  81,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

A direction under this section may include a direction to the recognised body to

pay a financial penalty where Ofqual considers it appropriate.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

482

Clause  145,  page  81,  line  38,  at end insert ‘awarded or authenticated by the body’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is intended to ensure that clause 145(2) (which relates to withdrawal of

recognition) applies fully to the situation where the body is recognised to award or authenticate

credits in respect of components of qualifications.

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483

Clause  145,  page  82,  line  17,  leave out ‘a person’ and insert ‘—

(i)	an individual’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendment 484 clarify that review arrangements made under clause 145

may provide for decisions on a review to be made either by an individual who is not a member of

Ofqual or its staff or by a body none of whose members is such a person.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

484

Clause  145,  page  82,  line  18,  at end insert ‘, or

(ii)	a body none of whose members is a member of Ofqual or

Ofqual’s staff.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 483.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

485

Clause  146,  page  82,  line  24,  leave out ‘regulated qualifications’ and insert

‘qualifications in respect of which they are recognised’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This technical drafting amendment is one of the changes described in the Member’s explanatory

statement for amendment 431. The amendment clarifies that the qualifications to which Ofqual’s

guidance refers are those that a recognised body awards or authenticates.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

300

Clause  146,  page  82,  line  38,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 290.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

486

Clause  148,  page  83,  line  17,  after ‘of’ insert ‘any of’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This technical amendment and amendment 489 clarify that where the Bill makes provision about

the performance by Ofqual of its qualifications functions the intention is to catch the performance

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of any of those functions and not just the performance of all of them.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

487

Clause  149,  page  83,  line  24,  leave out ‘another’ and insert ‘a’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendment 488 are technical drafting amendments, clarifying that Ofqual

itself is not a “qualifications regulator” within the meaning given to that term by clause 149(2)(a).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

488

Clause  149,  page  83,  line  26,  leave out ‘other’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 487.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

489

Clause  149,  page  83,  line  32,  leave out ‘a qualifications function’ and insert ‘any of

the qualifications functions’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 486.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

380

Clause  153,  page  85,  line  38,  at end add—

‘(3)	Ofqual must keep under review the process of developing NC assessment

arrangements with a view to ensuring that the academic standard of NC

assessments is maintained.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

382

Clause  153,  page  85,  line  38,  at end add—

‘(3)	Ofqual must keep under review the process of developing and implementing NC

assessment arrangements with a view to ensuring that NC assessments are

delivered in a timely and orderly fashion.’.

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