s 137 Principals of further education institutions
(1) Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution in Wales only if he has a specified qualification. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from serving as the principal of an institution while he is following a course or programme which— (a) is of a kind specified in the regulations, and (b) is designed to lead to the award of a qualification specified under subsection (1). (2A) Regulations under subsection (1) may limit the period of time during which a person may serve as the principal of an institution in reliance on subsection (2). (3) A provision of regulations made under subsection (1) by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the principal of an institution in England or Wales ” before the commencement of the provision. (4) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the principal of an institution— (a) pending the appointment of a principal, or (b) in the absence of the principal.