Part 1: Skills and Education for Work Technical education qualifications Section 9: Technical education qualifications: co-operation between the Institute and Ofqual
This section inserts new section A2D11 into ASCL 2009 which establishes a cooperative framework for the approval, regulation and other oversight of technical education qualifications falling within the functions of the two bodies.
	New subsection (1) requires Ofqual and the Institute to cooperate in exercising their respective statutory functions in relation to technical education qualifications.
	New subsection (2) empowers either body to provide advice and assistance to the other and requires either body to have regard to any advice and assistance it receives.