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Welsh Statutory Instruments
Education, Wales
Made
19 June 2024
Laid before Senedd Cymru
21 June 2024
Coming into force
1 August 2024
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2024.
2. In these Regulations “ the 2017 Regulations” means the Education (Student Information) (Wales) Regulations 2017( 3).
3. In regulation 2 of the 2017 Regulations, in the definition of “learning provider” after “Welsh Ministers” insert “or the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research( 4)”.
4. In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Regulations—
(a) for “The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales” substitute “The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”;
(b) for “The Higher Education Funding Council for England” substitute “The Office for Students( 5)”.
Lynne Neagle
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
19 June 2024
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Student Information) (Wales) Regulations 2017 to reflect changes made by the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 and the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. They add references to the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research and the Office for Students, and remove references to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.
See section 253A(3) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 for the definition of “prescribed”.
2009 c. 22. Section 253A was inserted by section 79(1) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26)and amended by section 58 of and paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 4 to the Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5).
The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research is a body corporate established under section 1 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1).
The Office for Students is a body corporate established under section 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29).