Commentary on Sections Part 8: the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (2).Amendments to the Education Act 1996 (paragraphs 9 to 11)
543.These amendments make changes to the Education Act 1996 in consequence of the provisions in the Act about the set-up of the QCDA and the amendments to the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (see below). Paragraph 11 also limits the duty under section 408 of the 1996 Act (which concerns the provision of information about the education provided in maintained schools) to those qualifications that have been approved for public funding.