{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992/section-82",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-act-1992/section-82.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/82",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "82",
  "heading": "Joint exercise of functions.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) A 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 Wales and Scotland which is within the higher education sector for maintaining academic standards in the institution.\n(2A) The power of the Secretary of State to give directions under subsection (2) above shall, as regards the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, be treated as exercisable in or as regards Scotland and may be exercised separately.\n(3) In this section—\n(a) “relevant authority” means the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research or the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, and\n(b) references to institutions within the higher education sector include institutions within the higher education sector within the meaning of Part II of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 82 modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 82 amended (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 82 wholly in force at 6.5.1992 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "S. 82 extends to Great Britain see s. 94(5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/13/section/82",
    "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."
}