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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2024.
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(1) The Education Reform Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 198 (transfers under Parts 1 and 2), in subsection (6), for “that Council” substitute “the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
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(1) The Welsh Language Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 6 (meaning of “public body”), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (k).
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(1) The Education Act 1994 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 18C (inspection of teacher training in Wales), in subsection (8), for “a funding agency” substitute “the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
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(1) The Government of Wales Act 1998 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 28 (reform of other Welsh public bodies)—
(a) in subsection (1)(a), omit “or III”;
(b) in subsection (5)(b), omit “or III”.
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(1) The Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), omit the definitions of “the 2005 Act”, “HEFCW” and “training provider”.
(3) In regulation 4 (fee charging), omit paragraph (3)(c).
(4) Omit regulation 6 (payments by HEFCW to training providers).
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(1) The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation: general), in paragraph (1), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “authority-funded”, after “Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” insert “before 1st August 2024 or the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research on or after 1st August 2024”.
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(1) The Dissolution of Further Education Corporations (Publication of Proposals and Prescribed Bodies) (Wales) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(1)(h), for “the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” substitute “the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
(3) In paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, for “the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” substitute “the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
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(1) The Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) Omit regulation 6.
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(1) The Education (Student Information) (England) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 2, for “the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” substitute “the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
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(1) The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “authority-funded”, after “Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” insert “before 1st August 2024 or the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research on or after 1st August 2024”.
Lynne Neagle
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
17 July 2024