Overview of the Act
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025:
Abolishes the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education ("IfATE") and repeals parts of the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 relating to its general duties;
Transfers statutory functions from IfATE to the Secretary of State;
Amends some of the functions to be transferred;
Enables one or more schemes to be made to transfer IfATE’s property, rights and liabilities to the Secretary of State;
Makes transitional arrangements to ensure that existing approvals by IfATE of qualifications, standards and apprenticeship assessments continue to have effect as if made by the Secretary of State; and
Makes amendments to other Acts which are necessary as a consequence of the provisions of this Act.