{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992/section-62",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992/section-62.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/13",
  "legislation_title": "Further and Higher Education Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992",
  "path": "section/62",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(a) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of, and to have shown capacity in, the provision of higher education or to have held, and to have shown capacity in, any position carrying responsibility for the provision of higher education and, in appointing such persons, he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of higher education or in carrying responsibility for such provision, and\n(b) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of, and to have shown capacity in, industrial, commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) In this Part of this Act references to ... institutions in Wales—\n(a) are to institutions whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in ... Wales, but\n(b) include ... the Open University.\n(7A) In exercising their functions, the HEFCW shall have regard to the requirements of disabled persons.\n(7B) In subsection (7A) “disabled persons” means persons who are disabled persons for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.\n(8) Any dispute as to whether any functions are exercisable by the HEFCW or the Office for Students shall be determined by the Secretary of State.\n(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 62 omitted (1.8.2024 to the extent it omits section 62(1)(3)(4)(9)) by virtue of Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1), s. 148(2), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(b) (with s. 19); S.I. 2024/806, art. 3(c)(i) (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 62(2) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(4); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 62(5)(6) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(6); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 62(7) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(7)(a); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 62(7)(a) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(7)(b); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 62(7)(b) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(7)(c); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 62(7A)(7B) inserted (31.7.1996) by 1995 c. 50, s. 30(5) (with ss. 59, 64, 65); S.I. 1996/1474, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt.II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 62(7A) substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(8); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 62(7B) substituted by Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 23 (as inserted (1.10.2010) by S.I. 2010/2279, art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5 (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 62(8) substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(9); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 62 heading substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 14(2); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 62 modified (temp.) (1.8.2024) by The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/806), art. 18(1)(3) (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 62(7) applied (31.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/603, art. 3(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 62(8) modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 62 wholly in force at 6.5.1992 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/13/section/62",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:11.514536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}