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(1) This Order may be cited as the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2024.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) Articles 2(2), 3, 4(2), 4(3)(a), 5 and 6 come into force on the later of—
(a) the day on which section 23 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 comes into force, and
(b) the day after the day on which this Order is made.
(4) An amendment or revocation made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended or revoked.
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(1) Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (other disqualifying offices) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit—“Any member of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales in receipt of remuneration.”
(3) At the appropriate place insert—“Any member of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research in receipt of remuneration.”
3 
In section 82 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (joint exercise of functions), in subsection (3)(a), for “the HEFCW, the Welsh Ministers to the extent that they are discharging their functions under Part 2 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000” substitute “the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
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(1) Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (public authorities) is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 4, in paragraph 53, for sub-paragraph (2)(c) substitute—“
(c) in paragraph (c)—
(i) the reference to an institution in Wales is to an institution whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in Wales, but includes the Open University, and
(ii) “higher education corporation” has the meaning given by section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, and”.
(3) In Part 6—
(a) omit “The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.”;
(b) at the appropriate place insert “The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research.”
5 
In section 32 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (monitoring of performance: further and higher education bodies), in subsection (5)(b), for “Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” substitute “Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
6 
In section 113 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (joint working), in subsection (3), for paragraph (c), substitute—“
(c) the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research,”.
David TC Davies
Secretary of State
Wales Office
25th March 2024