23.Organisations may develop components1and rules of combination for use in QCF qualifications. These roles can be undertaken by an awarding organisation awarding qualifications and credits in respect of different components of qualifications or as stand-alone activities by other organisations.
24.We propose that any organisation that has met the requirements for submitting components and rules of combination for use in the QCF immediately prior to 1 April 2010 should be able to continue to submit components and rules of combination from 1 April 2010. We also propose that any organisation whose application to meet these requirements has not been completed immediately prior to 1 April 2010 should continue to be considered against the relevant requirements set out below from 1 April 2010.
25.We propose that any organisation wishing to develop and submit components and rules of combination after 1 April 2010 would have to meet the following requirements from the QCF regulatory arrangements (see paragraph 22), whether or not they also award qualifications or credits in respect of different components of qualifications:
- general requirements for all organisations operating in the QCF set out on pages 19 to 21
- requirements for organisations developing and submitting components to form part of accredited (in future regulated) qualifications set out on pages 22 to 23; and/or (as applicable) requirements for organisations developing rules of combination for accredited (in future regulated) qualifications set out on pages 24 to 25.
- Components are also known as units in the QCF. [↩]
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