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This written statement is laid under Standing Order 30 – Notification in relation to UK Parliament Bills.  

  

It relates to provisions in the Technical and Further Education Bill (the Bill), which will modify the Welsh Ministers’ functions, but do not require a Legislative Consent Motion under Standing Order 29\.      

  

The Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 27 October 2016\. The Bill makes provision for (amongst other things) an insolvency regime for further education corporations (FE Colleges) and companies conducting a designated further education institution (designated institutions).  

  

The Bill can be found at:  

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016\-17/technicalandfurthereducation/documents.html


  

**Policy Objective**  

  

The UK Government’s stated policy objective is to introduce an insolvency regime which will ensure the financial resilience of FE bodies. Current legislation provides for the dissolution of solvent FE colleges but there is no provision to deal with insolvent colleges. The Bill sets out proposals for establishing a suitable insolvency regime to provide clarity for colleges and creditors.  

  

The proposed insolvency regime provides for the application of normal insolvency procedures to FE colleges in England and Wales so that insolvent colleges are treated in a similar way to insolvent companies.  

  

In addition, the Bill proposes to create a special administration regime to operate alongside ordinary insolvency with the purpose of protecting learners in the event of a FE college or designated institution (FE bodies) being insolvent.  

  

  

**Relevant provisions in the Bill**  

  

The Technical and Further Education Bill makes the following provisions which modify Welsh Ministers’ functions:  

  

**Clause 7(3\)(a)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of receiving notice of a person’s application for an ordinary administration order in relation to an FE body.  

  

**Clause 9(2\)(a)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of receiving notice of a person’s petition for the winding up of an FE body.  

  

**Clause 10(3\)(a)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of receiving notice of an application made by an FE body for permission of the court to pass a resolution for voluntary winding up.  

  

**Clause 11(a)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of receiving notice of intention to enforce security over property of an FE body.  

  

**Clause 16**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to make an application to the court for an education administration order in respect of an FE body, and a duty to give notice of such an application to the relevant FE body, and to any other person specified in rules made under the Insolvency Act 1986\.  

  

**Clause 25 (1\) to (3\)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given a power to make grants or loans to an FE body in relation to which an education administration order has been made on whatever terms the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate, including making the grant or loan repayable with or without interest. Those terms must specify how a loan and any interest are to be repaid on vacation of office by the education administrator.  

  

  

**Clause 26 (1\) to (3\) and (5\)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given a power to agree to indemnify persons against liabilities incurred, and loss or damage sustained, in connection with the education administrator exercising their functions. Such indemnity may be on whatever terms the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate, and a statement of any such indemnity agreement must be laid before the National Assembly for Wales as soon as possible after the Welsh Ministers agree to grant it. The Welsh Ministers’ power to indemnify persons under this provision is limited to liabilities, loss and damage such persons incur or sustain, but includes a power to agree to indemnify persons who subsequently become “relevant persons”.  “Relevant person” includes the education administrator themselves and also those employed by or employing the education administrator.  

  

**Clause 27 (2\), (3\) and (5\)**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given a power to require an FE body to repay any sums that the Welsh Ministers may pay out under an indemnity (given under clause 26\) and to determine the timing and manner of such repayments. The Welsh Ministers must lay a statement before the National Assembly for Wales in the event that a payment has to be made under an indemnity agreed under clause 26\.  

  

**Clause 28**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to give guarantees in relation to the borrowings of an FE body in education administration. The Welsh Ministers must lay a statement of the guarantee before the National Assembly for Wales as soon as possible after the guarantee is given.  

  

**Clause 29**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given a power, where sums are paid out by the Welsh Ministers under a guarantee (under clause 28\), to direct an FE body to repay to them any amounts and interest on amounts outstanding. The Welsh Ministers also have power to determine the times and manner of payments to be made. The Welsh Ministers must lay a statement before the National Assembly for Wales, relating to the sum paid out under the guarantee, as soon as possible after the end of the financial year in which the sum is paid; and after the end of each subsequent financial year until the FE body has discharged its liability.    

  

**Schedule 2, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to approve any scheme of the education administrator for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from an FE body to one or more persons or bodies prescribed in regulations made under section 27B of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992\.  The Welsh Ministers are also given a power to modify a transfer scheme before approving it (but only if the education administrator and the transferee consent) and to modify a transfer scheme after it takes effect (by notice to the transferor and the transferee and with their consent).  

  

**Schedule 2, paragraph 8**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of providing conclusive evidence in the form of a certificate that anything specified in such a certificate has vested in a person under a transfer scheme.  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraphs 13 and 14 and Schedule 4, paragraph 12 and 13**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of receiving a copy of a statement of an administrator’s proposals in relation to an FE body (which sets out the administrator’s proposals for achieving the purpose of the administration) as provided in paragraph 49 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986\.  They are also given the function of receiving a copy of any revised proposals where the education administrator thinks that the revisions are substantial.  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraph 21 and Schedule 4, paragraph 19**   

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to apply to the court claiming that the education administrator is not carrying out his/her functions in accordance with section 22(2\) or (3\) of the Act. The Welsh Ministers are also given the power to make representations on an application to the court made by a creditor and on the proposed remedy, relief or order. The court cannot grant such a remedy, relief or order until it has given the Welsh Ministers the opportunity to make such representations.  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraph 23 and Schedule 4, paragraph 21**   

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to apply to the court to request that the appointment of an education administrator of an FE body ceases to have effect from a specified time. The Welsh Ministers are also given the power to consent to the education administrator itself making such an application to the court.  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraph 24 and Schedule 4 paragraph 22**   

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to consent to the administrator of an FE body sending notice to the registrar of companies that paragraph 83 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 applies (that is, that the administration should move to a voluntary liquidation).  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraph 25 and Schedule 4, paragraph 23**   

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the function of receiving a notice from the administrator that the FE body has no property which might permit a distribution to its creditors, and the power to direct the administrator to also notify the registrar of companies.  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraph 29 and Schedule 4, paragraph 27**   

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power to apply to the court for the education administrator to be replaced.  

  

**Schedule 3, paragraph 34 and Schedule 4, paragraph 32**  

  

The Welsh Ministers are given the power, where a company entered administration by administration order, to apply to the court for a person to be appointed to act as administrator with the person or persons acting as the administrator of the company.  

  

**Reasons for making these provisions in the Technical and Further Education Bill**   

  

The Welsh Ministers were consulted on whether the insolvency regime should be extended to colleges in Wales. Welsh Ministers want the regime to extend to colleges in Wales in case it is needed in future to provide legal clarity and an orderly legal mechanism if a college becomes insolvent, and to protect learners.  

Insolvency is an exception to the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales. The Wales Bill currently before Parliament sets out insolvency as a reservation from the future legislative competence of the National Assembly.    

It is considered appropriate for these provisions to be made in the Technical and Further Education Bill because they could not be made by an Act of the National Assembly.







Translation:


 
Caiff y datganiad ysgrifenedig hwn ei osod o dan Reol Sefydlog 30 \- Hysbysu mewn perthynas â Biliau Senedd y DU.   
  
Mae'n ymwneud â darpariaethau yn y Bil Addysg Dechnegol a Phellach (y Bil), a fydd yn addasu swyddogaethau Gweinidogion Cymru, ond nad oes angen Cynnig Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar eu cyfer o dan Reol Sefydlog 29\.       
  
Cyflwynwyd y Bil yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin ar 27 Hydref 2016\. Mae'r Bil yn gwneud darpariaeth ar gyfer (ymhlith pethau eraill) trefn ansolfedd ar gyfer corfforaethau addysg bellach (colegau AB) a chwmnïau sy'n cynnal sefydliad addysg bellach dynodedig (sefydliadau dynodedig).   
  
Ceir copi o'r Bil yn:  
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016\-17/technicalandfurthereducation/documents.html (Saesneg yn unig)  
  
Amcan polisi   
  
Amcan polisi Llywodraeth y DU yw cyflwyno trefn ansolfedd a fydd yn sicrhau cydnerthedd ariannol cyrff AB. Mae'r ddeddfwriaeth bresennol yn darparu ar gyfer diddymu colegau AB solfent ond nid oes darpariaeth ar gyfer colegau ansolfent. Felly, mae'r Bil yn amlinellu cynigion ar gyfer pennu trefn ansolfedd addas er mwyn sicrhau eglurder i golegau a chredydwyr.   
  
Mae'r drefn ansolfedd arfaethedig yn darparu ar gyfer cymhwyso gweithdrefnau ansolfedd arferol i golegau AB yng Nghymru a Lloegr fel bod colegau ansolfent yn cael eu trin mewn modd tebyg i gwmnïau ansolfent.  
  
Yn ogystal, mae'r Bil yn cynnig creu trefn weinyddu arbennig a fyddai'n gweithredu ochr yn ochr â'r drefn ansolfedd arferol er mwyn diogelu dysgwyr pe bai coleg AB neu sefydliad dynodedig (cyrff AB) yn mynd yn ansolfent.    
  
Darpariaethau perthnasol y Bil  
  
Mae'r Bil Addysg Bellach a Thechnegol yn gwneud y darpariaethau canlynol sy'n addasu swyddogaethau Gweinidogion Cymru:   
  
Cymal 7(3\)(a)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru y swyddogaeth o dderbyn hysbysiad o gais am orchymyn gweinyddu arferol mewn perthynas â chorff AB.   
  
Cymal 9(2\)(a)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru y swyddogaeth o dderbyn hysbysiad o ddeiseb ar gyfer dirwyn i ben gorff AB.   
  
Cymal 10(3\)(a)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru y swyddogaeth o dderbyn hysbysiad o gais gan gorff AB am ganiatâd llys i gymeradwyo penderfyniad i ddirwyn i ben yn wirfoddol.   
  
Cymal 11(a)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru y swyddogaeth o dderbyn hysbysiad o fwriad i orfodi sicrwydd dros eiddo corff AB.   
  
Cymal 16  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i wneud cais i'r llys am orchymyn gweinyddu addysg mewn perthynas â chorff AB, a’r ddyletswydd i hysbysu’r corff AB perthnasol am gais o'r fath, ac unrhyw berson arall a nodwyd yn y rheolau a wnaed o dan Ddeddf Ansolfedd 1986\.  
  
Cymal 25 (1\) i (3\)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bŵer i roi grantiau neu fenthyciadau i gorff AB y mae gorchymyn gweinyddu addysg wedi’i wneud mewn perthynas ag ef, a hynny ar ba bynnag delerau y mae Gweinidogion Cymru’n eu hystyried yn briodol, gan gynnwys gwneud y grant neu'r benthyciad yn ad\-daladwy gyda neu heb log. Rhaid i'r telerau hynny nodi sut y dylid ad\-dalu'r benthyciad ac unrhyw log pan fydd gweinyddwr addysg wedi gadael ei swydd.   
  
Cymal 26 (1\) i (3\) a (5\)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bŵer i gytuno i indemnio personau rhag unrhyw rwymedigaeth, golled neu ddifrod a berir mewn cysylltiad ag arfer swyddogaethau'r gweinyddwr addysg. Gall indemniad o'r fath fod ar ba bynnag delerau y mae Gweinidogion Cymru’n eu hystyried yn briodol, a rhaid gosod datganiad ynghylch y cytundeb indemniad gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru cyn gynted â phosibl ar ôl i Weinidogion Cymru gytuno i'w roi. Mae pŵer Gweinidogion Cymru i indemnio personau o dan y ddarpariaeth hon wedi'i gyfyngu i rwymedigaethau, colled neu ddifrod y mae personau o'r fath yn eu peri, ond mae'n cynnwys pŵer i gytuno i indemnio personau sy'n dod yn 'bersonau perthnasol" wedi hynny. Mae "person perthnasol" yn cynnwys y gweinyddwr addysg ei hun, a hefyd y rheini sy'n cyflogi'r gweinyddwr neu a gyflogir ganddo.   
  
Cymal 27 (2\), (3\) a (5\)  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bŵer i'w gwneud yn ofynnol i gorff AB ad\-dalu unrhyw symiau y gall Gweinidogion Cymru eu talu o dan indemniad (a roddir o dan gymal 26\) ac i bennu pryd a sut i wneud ad\-daliadau o’r fath. Rhaid i Weinidogion Cymru osod datganiad gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru os bydd angen gwneud taliad o dan indemniad y cytunwyd arno o dan gymal 26\.   
  
Cymal 28  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i roi gwarant mewn perthynas â benthyciadau corff AB sydd yn nwylo gweinyddwr addysg. Rhaid i Weinidogion Cymru osod datganiad o'r warant gerbron y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol cyn gynted â phosibl ar ôl i'r warant gael ei roi.  
  
Cymal 29  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bŵer, lle mae taliadau'n cael eu gwneud gan Weinidogion Cymru o dan warant (o dan gymal 28\), i gyfarwyddo corff AB i ad\-dalu unrhyw symiau a llog sy'n weddill. Mae gan Weinidogion Cymru bŵer hefyd i bennu pryd a sut i wneud y taliadau hyn. Rhaid i Weinidogion Cymru osod datganiad gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, mewn perthynas â'r swm a dalwyd o dan y warant, cyn gynted â phosibl ar ôl diwedd y flwyddyn ariannol y talwyd y swm ynddi; ac ar ôl diwedd bob blwyddyn ariannol ddilynol nes bod y corff AB wedi arfer ei rwymedigaeth.     
  
Atodlen 2, paragraffau 3, 4 a 5  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i gymeradwyo unrhyw gynllun gan y gweinyddwr addysg i drosglwyddo eiddo, hawliau a rhwymedigaethau o gorff AB i un neu fwy o bersonau neu gyrff a ragnodir mewn rheoliadau a wneir o dan adran 27B o Ddeddf Addysg Bellach Ac Uwch 1992\. Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bŵer hefyd i addasu cynllun trosglwyddo cyn ei gymeradwyo (ond dim ond os yw'r gweinyddwr addysg a'r trosglwyddai yn cydsynio) ac i addasu cynllun trosglwyddo ar ôl iddo ddod i rym (drwy rybudd i'r trosglwyddwr a'r trosglwyddai a gyda'u cydsyniad).  
  
Atodlen 2, paragraff 8   
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r swyddogaeth o ddarparu tystiolaeth bendant ar ffurf tystysgrif bod unrhyw beth a nodir mewn tystysgrif o'r fath wedi'i drosglwyddo i berson o dan gynllun trosglwyddo.  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraffau 13 ac 14 ac Atodlen 4, paragraffau 12 ac 13  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r swyddogaeth o dderbyn copi o ddatganiad ar gynigion gweinyddwr mewn perthynas â chorff AB (sy'n amlinellu cynigion y gweinyddwr ar gyfer cyflawni diben y gweinyddu) fel y darparwyd ym mharagraff 49, Atodlen B1 o Ddeddf Ansolfedd 1986\.  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraff 21 ac Atodlen 4, paragraff 19   
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i wneud cais i'r llys yn honni nad yw'r gweinyddwr addysg yn arfer ei swyddogaethau yn unol ag adran 22(2\) neu (3\) o'r Ddeddf. Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer hefyd i wneud sylwadau ar gais i'r llys gan gredydwr ac ar y rhwymedi, y rhyddhad neu’r gorchymyn arfaethedig. Ni all y llys ganiatáu unrhyw rwymedi, rhyddhad neu orchymyn o’r fath nes ei fod wedi rhoi cyfle i Weinidogion Cymru wneud sylwadau.  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraff 23 ac Atodlen 4, paragraff 21   
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i wneud cais i'r llys i ofyn bod penodiad gweinyddwr addysg ar gyfer corff AB yn dod i ben o ddyddiad penodol. Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bŵer hefyd i ganiatáu i'r gweinyddwr addysg ei hun wneud cais o'r fath i'r llys.  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraff 24 ac Atodlen 4, paragraff 22   
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i ganiatáu i weinyddwr corff AB hysbysu'r cofrestrydd cwmnïau bod paragraff 83, Atodlen B1 o Ddeddf Ansolfedd 1986 yn berthnasol (hynny yw, y dylai'r gweinyddwyr symud i ddiddymiad gwirfoddol).  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraff 25 ac Atodlen 4, paragraff 23   
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r swyddogaeth o dderbyn hysbysiad gan y gweinyddwr nad oes gan y corff AB eiddo y gellid ei ddosbarthu ymhlith ei gredydwyr, ynghyd â’r pŵer i gyfarwyddo'r gweinyddwr i hysbysu'r cofrestrydd cwmnïau.  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraff 29 ac Atodlen 4, paragraff 27   
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer i wneud cais i'r llys i benodi gweinyddwr addysg newydd.  
  
Atodlen 3, paragraff 34 ac Atodlen 4, paragraff 32  
  
Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru'r pŵer, lle aeth cwmni i ddwylo gweinyddwyr drwy orchymyn gweinyddu, i wneud cais i'r llys i benodi rhywun yn weinyddwr gyda'r person neu’r personau’n gweithredu fel gweinyddwr y cwmni.  
  
Y rhesymau dros wneud y darpariaethau hyn yn y Bil Addysg Dechnegol a Phellach  
  
Ymgynghorwyd â Gweinidogion Cymru ynghylch a ddylid ymestyn y drefn ansolfedd i golegau yng Nghymru. Mae Gweinidogion Cymru eisiau i'r drefn gael ei hymestyn i golegau yng Nghymru rhag ofn bod ei hangen yn y dyfodol i ddarparu eglurder cyfreithiol a mecanwaith cyfreithiol trefnus pe bai coleg yn dod yn ansolfent, a hefyd i ddiogelu dysgwyr.  
Mae ansolfedd wedi'i eithrio o gymhwysedd deddfwriaethol Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru. Mae'r Bil Cymru sydd gerbron y Senedd ar hyn o bryd yn nodi ansolfedd fel mater a gedwir yn ôl o gymhwysedd deddfwriaethol Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru.     
Ystyrir ei bod yn briodol i'r darpariaethau hyn gael eu gwneud yn y Bil Addysg Dechnegol a Phellach oherwydd ni fyddai modd eu gwneud gan Ddeddf Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru.