Section 8 | Duty of Secretary of State to ensure provision of careers services for school and college students. ^F1

(1)It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to secure the provision of relevant services for assisting persons undergoing relevant education to decide—^F1

(a)what employments, having regard to their capabilities, will be suitable for and available to them when they cease undergoing such education, and^F1

(b)what training or education is or will be required by and available to them in order to fit them for those employments,^F1

and for assisting persons ceasing to undergo relevant education to obtain such employments, training and education.

(2)In subsection (1) of this section and section 9 of this Act “ relevant services ” means—^F1

(a)giving of assistance by collecting, or disseminating or otherwise providing, information about persons seeking, obtaining or offering employment, training and education,^F1

(b)offering advice and guidance, and^F1

(c)other services calculated to facilitate the provision of any services specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.^F1

(3)In this section and section 9 of this Act “ relevant education ” means—^F1

(a)education involving full-time attendance at any educational institution in Great Britain, other than an educational institution within the higher education sector, and^F1

(b)education involving part-time attendance at any educational institution in Great Britain, other than an educational institution within the higher education sector, which is education of a description commonly undergone by persons in order to fit them for employment.^F1

(4)The references in subsection (3) of this section to an educational institution within the higher education sector shall be construed—^F1

(za)as respects England, as references to a registered higher education provider within the meaning given by section 3(10) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, other than a provider which is also an institution within the further education sector within the meaning given by section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992,^F1F2

(a)as respects Wales as references to a tertiary education provider registered under section 25 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 to provide higher education, other than a provider which is also an institution within the further education sector (within the meaning given by section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992) or a school (within the meaning given by section 4 of the Education Act 1996), and^F1F3

(b)as respects Scotland, in accordance with section 56(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.^F1