1.44This consultation will assist the new Ofqual Board, when it takes office on 1 April 2010, in deciding how it should aim to fulfil its statutory objectives. We will develop detailed ways of working once we have considered the responses to the consultation. We will seek further input from stakeholders where appropriate.
1.45Some of the duties and powers set out in the legislation are new. Others have featured in previous statutory frameworks in either the same or a similar form. We plan to introduce change in a managed way, starting by ensuring that the current regulatory system is translated into the vocabulary of the new system and that decisions made before vesting day are still valid afterwards. From that base, we shall steadily move forward to implement the approach to regulation made possible by the new legislation.
1.46This consultation document does not cover all aspects of our work. In due course we will consult separately on the arrangements we propose to put in place to consider complaints about regulated qualifications and assessments. We will also consult at a later date on functions which will not be commenced immediately: our role in reviewing any system for allocating values to qualifications for the purpose of performance management and our role in the setting of guided learning hours for qualifications for the purpose of the duty on 16 and 17 year olds to participate in education and training. The Equality Bill, currently being considered by Parliament, sets out for us additional responsibilities concerning access to qualifications. We will consult separately on the exercise of these duties as and when that legislation has been passed.
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