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Mr Siôn Simon

453

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  22,  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 458.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

454

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘( )	Subsection (5) applies in relation to a qualification or description of qualification

in respect of which a determination under subsection (1) has effect.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 458.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

233

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

Ofqual shall include it its annual report a copy of the publication in subsection (4)

and how it responded to the determination.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

455

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  24,  leave out ‘or 137 in relation to a’ and insert ‘, 131 or

137 in relation to the’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment adds Ofqual’s functions under clause 131 (power to set general conditions) to the

list of functions which Ofqual must exercise for the purposes of implementing a determination

made under clause 138(1).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

456

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  25,  leave out ‘to which a determination under this section

applies’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 458.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

141

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  27,  at end add—

‘(5A)

Ofqual must set a minimum requirement in respect of an academic qualification

relating to the knowledge a person must demonstrate in order to obtain the

qualification or qualifications in question.’.

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457

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  30,  leave out ‘or will’ and insert ‘, will be or may

reasonably be expected to’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 436.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

458

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘( )	A determination made under subsection (1) may be amended or revoked by the

Secretary of State; and subsection (4) applies to the amendment of a

determination as it applies to the making of a determination.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives the Secretary of State the power to amend or revoke a determination made

under clause 138(1). If a determination is amended, it must be published as revised and notice of

it given to Ofqual.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

5

Clause  138,  page  78,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(7)	The Secretary of State must not make a determination under subsection (1)

relating to the grading or assessment of qualifications.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

69

Page  78,  line  11,  leave out Clause 138. 

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

459

Clause  139,  page  78,  line  33,  leave out ‘regulated qualification’ and insert

‘particular form of a qualification in respect of which it is recognised’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendment 462 ensure that where a body is recognised in respect of a

qualification which is relevant for 2008 Act purposes, it must assign guided learning hours to each

individual form of the qualification awarded by it, such as a particular version of GCSE English.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

460

Clause  139,  page  78,  line  35,  leave out ‘regulated’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment corrects a misuse of the term “regulated qualification” and clarifies that whether

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a qualification is relevant for 2008 Act purposes is to be determined in relation to the qualification

as a whole and not in relation to individual forms of the qualification.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

461

Clause  139,  page  78,  line  38,  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

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

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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.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

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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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.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

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

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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.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

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.

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