The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (Monitoring of Further Education Bodies) (England) Regulations 2016
The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (‘the Act’) places a duty on specified authorities (which includes further education institutions) to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. These Regulations prescribe persons to whom the Secretary of State has delegated the function of acting as a monitoring authority in respect of a relevant further education body under section 32 of the Act. A relevant further education body is defined at section 32(1) of the 2015 Act; in practice, relevant further education bodies that are not subject to inspection by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills or the Higher Education Funding Council for England will be monitored by persons appointed under these Regulations. Details of how such persons will undertake their monitoring role can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protecting-learners-from-radicalisation-the-prevent-duty.