Introductory text

Education, England And Wales

Made 7th November 2023

Laid before Parliament 9th November 2023

Laid before Senedd Cymru 9th November 2023

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in relation to England in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(2)(g), (3) and (4)(a) and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998^f1.

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in relation to Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(2)(g), (3) and (4)(a) and 42(6) of that Act^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1998 c. 30. Section 22(2)(g) will be amended by the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), section 86(1) and (3)(b). Section 22(3) was amended by the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), section 42(1), the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), section 257(1) and (2) and the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, section 88(1) and (5). Section 22(4)(a) was substituted by the Education Act 2011, section 76(1). See section 43(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f2: The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22(2)(g), (3)(a) and (4)(a) in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44(1) of the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 42(6) as regards Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672. These functions of the National Assembly for Wales were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). The National Assembly for Wales was renamed Senedd Cymru or the Welsh Parliament by section 2 of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1).