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The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Decision Review) (Wales) Regulations 2025

W.S.I. 2025/1241 · Made 25 November 2025

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Education, Wales

Made 25 November 2025

Laid before Senedd Cymru 27 November 2025

Coming into force 25 December 2025

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 79(3) and (4) of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2022 asc 1.

Contents

  1. 1Title and coming into force
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Applying for a review
  4. 4Applying for a review
  5. 5Recommendations by the decision reviewer
  6. 6The review procedure
  7. 7The review procedure
  8. 8The review procedure
  9. 9The Commission’s duties after a review
  10. Signature
  11. Explanatory note

1Title and coming into force

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Decision Review) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 25 December 2025.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations—

  • “the 2022 Act” (“Deddf 2022”) means the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022;

  • “the Commission” (“y Comisiwn”) means the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;

  • “the decision reviewer” (“yr adolygydd penderfyniadau”) means the person or panel of persons appointed by the Welsh Ministers under section 79(1) of the 2022 Act;

  • “the parties” (“y partïon”) means the applicant and the Commission.

3Applying for a review

For the purposes of sections 45 and 78 of the 2022 Act, an application for a review must be made to the decision reviewer—

(a)

in writing, and

(b)

within 40 days of the date on which the applicant is notified of the decision or receives the notice or direction.

4Applying for a review

An application must specify the grounds on which a review is sought and contain—

(a)

a copy of the decision, notice or direction to be reviewed, including any reasons given by the Commission, and

(b)

any supporting information the applicant wishes the decision reviewer to consider.

5Recommendations by the decision reviewer

The decision reviewer may recommend that—

(a)

the Commission should take no action, where the decision reviewer finds no or insufficient reason for the Commission to reconsider the decision, notice or direction, or

(b)

the Commission should reconsider its decision, where—

(i)

the Commission has failed to comply with a procedural requirement,

(ii)

the applicant has provided new information,

(iii)

the decision reviewer finds the Commission has not considered any relevant fact, or

(iv)

the decision reviewer considers the decision to be disproportionate.

6The review procedure

On receipt of an application for a review, the decision reviewer must—

(a)

send the Commission a copy of the application and any supporting information, and

(b)

tell the parties how long the decision reviewer believes the review will take.

7The review procedure

(1)

The decision reviewer may—

(a)

request additional information from the parties, and

(b)

invite the parties to make further representations in response to any additional information.

(2)

The parties must respond to any request for additional information within 28 days of receiving the request.

(3)

If the decision reviewer requests additional information or representations from a party, it must send the other party a copy of—

(a)

any request for additional information or representations, and

(b)

any additional information or representations provided.

8The review procedure

The decision reviewer must produce a written recommendation and send it to the parties.

9The Commission’s duties after a review

On receipt of a recommendation from the decision reviewer, the Commission must—

(a)

reconsider its decision, notice or direction, if recommended to do so, and

(b)

notify the applicant of the outcome of its reconsideration, including its reasons, within 40 days of receiving the recommendation.

Signature

Vikki Howells

Minister for Further and Higher Education, under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers

25 November 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision in relation to reviews of decisions made, and notices and directions given, by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (“the Commission”) under sections 45 and 78 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022.

Regulations 3 and 4 set out the procedure to be followed when applying for a review.

Regulation 5 specifies the recommendations that may be made by the decision reviewer and the grounds for those recommendations.

Regulations 6 to 8 deal with the powers and duties of the decision reviewer, the applicant and the Commission during the review process.

Regulation 9 requires the Commission to respond to a recommendation in which the decision reviewer recommends it to reconsider.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Tertiary Education Directorate, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.