247.Paragraph 50 amends the definition of further education in section 63A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (right to time off for study or training) by removing the reference to Schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 which is repealed by this Act. Schedule 2 has been used, in conjunction with the definition of further education in the Education Act 1996, as a means of identifying those persons who are ineligible for time off for study or training because they are in full-time further education. It limits the scope of the definition to courses listed in Schedule 2. Because Schedule 2 is being repealed, a new approach is necessary. It is intended that the regulations, under section 63A, (Right to Time Off for Study or Training Regulations, 1999, SI 1999/ 986) which define the standard of achievement and awarding bodies for the purposes of the right to time off will be amended to refer to the qualifications approved under sections 98 and 99 of this Act.
Amendment to the Employment Rights Act 1996