Section 17 — Education administration order

This version in force from 2019-01-31

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

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(1) An education administration order is an order of the court appointing a person as the education administrator of a further education body.

(2) A person is eligible for appointment as an education administrator only if the person would be qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to the further education body.

(3) While an education administration order is in force the further education body may be described as being “in education administration”.