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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
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· 2022-09-08
2026-04-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2026-01-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2025-09-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2025-04-05
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2025-04-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2024-08-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2024-04-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2023-11-01
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2023-09-04
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
2022-12-15
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
Changes on 2022-12-15
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without placing themselves in jeopardy of losing their jobs or privileges they may have at the tertiary education providers.
#### Institutional autonomy of tertiary education providers
#### Additional functions of the Commission
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- (c) make the list publicly available by such means as it considers appropriate.
#### De-registration: procedure
#### Registration decision reviews
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- (2) In exercising its functions under section 88 or 89 to provide financial resources to a person, the Commission must have regard (so far as it considers it appropriate to do so in the light of any other relevant considerations) to the desirability of maintaining any distinctive characteristics of any tertiary education provider for whose activities financial resources are provided.
#### Financial support by Welsh Ministers for certain higher education courses
#### Financial resources for further education or training: terms and conditions
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The Commission must have regard to the need to ensure good value in relation to financial resources provided out of public funds.
#### Accounts and audit
#### Oversight arrangements
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The Welsh Ministers must lay a copy of a transfer scheme made under this Schedule before Senedd Cymru.
#### Interpretation
#### Education Act 1994 (c. 30)
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- (7) In Schedule 21 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraphs 49 and 125.
#### Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8)
#### Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)
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- (a) insert at the appropriate place—
| The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (“Y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil”) | Service delivery standards |
| "The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (“Y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil”) | Service delivery standards |
| --- | --- |
| | Policy making standards |
| | Operational Standards |
| | Record keeping standards |
| | Record keeping standards" |
- (b) omit the entry relating to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.
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[^key-fdd479c6b18a45664c4bb689450799ad]: Sch. 2 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see [s. 148(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2022/1/section/148/2)
[^key-fe9d0e6e47e0dc5ea0a9227e6368c2fa]: S. 23 not in force at Royal Assent, see [s. 148(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2022/1/section/148/2)
#### Mandatory ongoing registration conditions on equal opportunity
#### Power to provide for further mandatory ongoing registration conditions
#### Commission duty to give guidance about ongoing registration conditions
#### Commission duty to monitor compliance with ongoing registration conditions
#### Advice and assistance in respect of compliance with ongoing registration conditions
#### Reviews relevant to compliance with ongoing registration conditions
#### Directions in respect of failure to comply with ongoing registration conditions
#### Supplementary provision about directions under section 39
#### De-registration
#### De-registration: procedure
#### Voluntary de-registration and de-registration with consent
#### Change of registration category without application
#### Registration decision reviews
#### Requirements of a fee limit statement
#### Approval of fee limit statement
#### Publication of approved fee limit statement
#### Validity of contracts
#### Quality assurance frameworks
#### Duty to monitor, and promote improvement in, the quality of regulated tertiary education
#### Advice and assistance in respect of quality of tertiary education
#### Reviews relevant to quality of tertiary education
#### Action plans following assessments under section 54
#### Exercise of higher education assessment functions by a designated body
#### Duty of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report
#### Power of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report
#### Duty to provide information and advice to the Commission
#### Duty to provide information and advice to the Welsh Ministers
#### Additional functions of the Chief Inspector
#### Action plans following inspections by the Chief Inspector
#### Right of entry and offences
#### Surveys and studies
#### Annual reports
#### Annual plan of the Chief Inspector
#### Funding of inspections and reports on further education and training etc.
#### Grounds for intervention
#### Powers to intervene
#### Notification by the Commission of grounds for intervention
#### Welsh Ministers’ statement on intervention powers
#### Duty to co-operate
#### Powers of entry and inspection
#### Application of sections 76 to 78
#### Proposed notices and directions: requirement to give warning notice
#### Information to be given with notices and directions and effect pending review
#### Review of notices and directions
#### Decision reviewer
#### Duty to monitor and report on financial sustainability
#### Commission’s statement on intervention functions
#### Effect and enforcement of directions
#### Designation of other providers of tertiary education
#### Interpretation of Part 2
#### Power of the Welsh Ministers to fund the Commission
#### Funding the Commission: limitations on terms and conditions
#### Policy on funding powers
#### Financial support to specified providers for higher education
#### Financial support for higher education courses specified in regulations
#### Financial support under sections 88 and 89: supplementary
#### Financial support by Welsh Ministers for certain higher education courses
#### Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19
#### Education and training for eligible persons over 19
#### Education and training for persons over 19
#### Requirements on Commission when securing further education and training
#### Financial support for further education or training
#### Financial support for further education or training: further provision
#### Financial resources for further education or training: terms and conditions
#### Means tests
#### School sixth-forms
#### Persons with additional learning needs
#### Financial support for other activities connected to tertiary education
#### Financial support for apprenticeships
#### Financial support for research and innovation
#### Financial support for research and innovation: terms and conditions
#### The Commission’s other functions in relation to research and innovation
#### Financial support under sections 89, 97 and 104: further provision about terms and conditions
#### Consent for payments to collaborating bodies
#### Financial support directions
#### Meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship”
#### Meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship agreement”
#### Meaning of “alternative Welsh apprenticeship”
#### Meaning of “apprenticeship framework”
#### Specification of requirements in relation to approved Welsh apprenticeship
#### Consultation by Welsh Ministers about specifications
#### Preparation and publication of apprenticeship frameworks
#### Register of apprenticeship frameworks
#### Power to issue apprenticeship certificates
#### Delegation of Commission functions
#### Ineffective provisions of approved Welsh apprenticeship agreements
#### Status of approved Welsh apprenticeship agreements
#### Transfer of copyright in apprenticeship frameworks
#### Crown servants
#### Interpretation of Part 4
#### Learner protection plans
#### Complaints procedures
#### Qualifying institutions for student complaints scheme
#### Learner Engagement Code
#### Information and advice from the Commission and information from the Welsh Ministers
#### Persons required to provide information to the Commission
#### Powers to share information
#### Power to require application-to-acceptance information
#### Use of application-to-acceptance information for research purposes
#### Other information, advice and guidance
#### Research by the Commission or the Welsh Ministers
#### Instruments of government of higher education corporations in Wales
#### Articles of government of higher education corporations in Wales
#### Dissolution of higher education corporations in Wales
#### Duty to consult the Commission on careers services
#### Data Protection
#### Publication
#### Regulations
#### General interpretation
#### Power to provide for the Open University to be treated as a tertiary education provider in Wales
#### Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.
#### Minor and consequential amendments
#### Coming into force
#### Short title
#### Status
#### Membership
#### The chair and ordinary members
#### Associate membership
#### Appointment of associate workforce members
#### Appointment of associate Commission staff member
#### Appointment of associate learner member
#### Terms of associate membership etc.
#### Removal of associate member from office
#### Chief executive and other staff
#### Research and Innovation Committee, Quality Committee and other committees
#### Chair of the RIC
#### Joint committees
#### Duty to ensure good value
#### Accounts and audit
#### Annual reports
#### Meaning of “financial year” and “academic year”
#### Delegation by the Commission
#### Delegation by committees
#### Proceedings
#### Register of interests
#### Supplementary powers
#### Power to make transfer schemes
#### Modification of transfer schemes
#### Duty to lay transfer schemes before Senedd Cymru
#### Interpretation
#### Designation
#### Bodies suitable to exercise assessment functions
#### Removal of designation
#### Application
#### Power to provide funding
#### Oversight arrangements
#### Annual report by the designated body
#### Power of the Commission to give directions
#### Duty of the Commission to inform the Welsh Ministers about significant concerns
#### Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50)
#### Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c. 40)
#### Education (No. 2) Act 1986 (c. 61)
#### Employment Act 1988 (c. 19)
#### Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)
#### Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
#### Education Act 1994 (c. 30)
#### Education Act 1996 (c. 56)
#### Education Act 1997 (c. 44)
#### Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30)
#### School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)
#### Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)
#### Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)
#### Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)
#### Education Act 2002 (c. 32)
#### Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8)
#### Children Act 2004 (c. 31)
#### Education Act 2005 (c. 18)
#### Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 30)
#### Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)
#### Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)
#### Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2)
#### Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22)
#### Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1)
#### Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
#### Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 1)
#### Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)
#### School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1)
#### Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)
#### Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 1)
#### Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
#### Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 3)
#### Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5)
#### Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)
#### Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3)
#### Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2)
#### Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29)
#### Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2)
#### The Welsh Language Standards (No. 6) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/90)
#### Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3)
#### Powers to share information
#### Power to require application-to-acceptance information
#### Use of application-to-acceptance information for research purposes
#### Other information, advice and guidance
#### Research by the Commission or the Welsh Ministers
#### Instruments of government of higher education corporations in Wales
#### Articles of government of higher education corporations in Wales
#### Dissolution of higher education corporations in Wales
#### Duty to consult the Commission on careers services
#### Data Protection
#### Publication
#### Regulations
#### General interpretation
#### Power to provide for the Open University to be treated as a tertiary education provider in Wales
#### Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.
#### Minor and consequential amendments
#### Coming into force
#### Short title
#### Status
#### Membership
#### The chair and ordinary members
#### Associate membership
#### Appointment of associate workforce members
#### Appointment of associate learner member
#### Terms of associate membership etc.
#### Removal of associate member from office
#### Chief executive and other staff
#### Research and Innovation Committee, Quality Committee and other committees
#### Chair of the RIC
#### Joint committees
#### Accounts and audit
#### Annual reports
#### Meaning of “financial year” and “academic year”
#### Delegation by the Commission
#### Delegation by committees
#### Proceedings
#### Register of interests
#### Supplementary powers
#### Power to make transfer schemes
#### Modification of transfer schemes
#### Duty to lay transfer schemes before Senedd Cymru
#### Interpretation
#### Designation
#### Bodies suitable to exercise assessment functions
#### Removal of designation
#### Application
#### Power to provide funding
#### Oversight arrangements
#### Annual report by the designated body
#### Power of the Commission to give directions
#### Duty of the Commission to inform the Welsh Ministers about significant concerns
#### Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50)
#### Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c. 40)
#### Education (No. 2) Act 1986 (c. 61)
#### Employment Act 1988 (c. 19)
#### Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)
#### Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
#### Education Act 1994 (c. 30)
#### Education Act 1996 (c. 56)
#### Education Act 1997 (c. 44)
#### Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30)
#### School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)
#### Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)
#### Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)
#### Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)
#### Education Act 2002 (c. 32)
#### Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8)
#### Children Act 2004 (c. 31)
#### Education Act 2005 (c. 18)
#### Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 30)
#### Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
#### Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)
#### Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)
#### Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2)
#### Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22)
#### Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1)
#### Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
#### Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 1)
#### Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)
#### School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1)
#### Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)
#### Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 1)
#### Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
#### Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 3)
#### Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5)
#### Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)
#### Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3)
#### Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2)
#### Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2)
#### The Welsh Language Standards (No. 6) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/90)
#### Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3)
#### Meaning of “financial year” and “academic year”
#### Delegation by the Commission
#### Delegation by committees
#### Proceedings
#### Register of interests
#### Supplementary powers
#### Power to make transfer schemes
#### Modification of transfer schemes
#### Duty to lay transfer schemes before Senedd Cymru
#### Interpretation
#### Designation
#### Bodies suitable to exercise assessment functions
#### Removal of designation
#### Application
#### Power to provide funding
#### Oversight arrangements
#### Annual report by the designated body
#### Power of the Commission to give directions
#### Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50)
2022-09-08
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
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