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Public Bill Committee: 26 March 2009                  

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Jim Knight

 

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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Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26 March 2009                  

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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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Jim Knight

 

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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Jim Knight

 

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.

 

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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