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Section 82 Joint exercise of functions.E1I1C1C2

England, Wales and Scotland

F1(1)

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(1A)

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(1B)

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(2)

F2A relevant authority must, if directed to do so by the Secretary of State, make provision jointly with another relevant authority or with the Secretary of State for the assessment by a person appointed by them of matters relating to the arrangements made by each institution in F3Wales and Scotland which is within the higher education sector for maintaining academic standards in the institution.

F4(2A)

The power of the Secretary of State to give directions under subsection (2) above shall, as regards the Scottish F5Further and Higher Education Funding Council, be treated as exercisable in or as regards Scotland and may be exercised separately.

(3)

In this section—

F6(a)

“relevant authority” means F7the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research or the Scottish F8Further and Higher Education Funding Council, and

(b)

references to institutions within the higher education sector include institutions within the higher education sector within the meaning of Part II of the M1Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 82(1)-(1B) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 23(2); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 10)

F2

Words in s. 82(2) substituted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 12 para. 36(3); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2

F3

Words in s. 82(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 23(3); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 10)

F4

S. 82(2A) inserted (1.7.1999) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), art. 2, Sch. para. 13; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

F5

Words in s. 82(2A) inserted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 23(4); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 10)

F6

S. 82(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2006) by The National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 25(c) (with art. 7)

F7

Words in s. 82(3)(a) substituted (1.8.2024) by The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/433), arts. 1(3), 3; S.I. 2024/806, art. 2(b) (with art. 28)

F8

Words in s. 82(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 11 para. 23(5)(d); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(s) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 10)

Marginal citations

M1

1992 c. 37.

Modifications

C1

S. 82 modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch. 2.

C2

S. 82 amended (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 13.

Commencement

I1

S. 82 wholly in force at 6.5.1992 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 1

Extent

E1

S. 82 extends to Great Britain see s. 94(5).